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Background imageAdventure Collection: Borchgrevink in the Antarctic, 1894

Borchgrevink in the Antarctic, 1894
Carsten Borchgrevinks ship in the midnight sun on Christmas Eve in Antarctica, 1894. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: William Clarks invitation from Meriwether Lewis, 1804

William Clarks invitation from Meriwether Lewis, 1804
Meriwether Lewiss letter inviting William Clark to join the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. Printed halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00106

EXPL2A-00106
Arctic icebergs surrounding a sailing ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00015

EXPL2A-00015
Meeting between Spanish conqueror Pizarro and Inca leader Atahualpa. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00010

EXPL2A-00010
Columbus expedition coasting along the northern shore of Cuba. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL3A-00008

EXPL3A-00008
Columbus watching for land from the deck of the caravel Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00005

EXPL2A-00005
Columbus giving hawks bells to natives after landing in the Caribbean, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00003

EXPL2A-00003
Cuban native chief addresses Christopher Columbus on the immortality of the soul. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00002

EXPL2A-00002
Caribbean natives bring provisions to the shipwrecked crew of Columbus, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00067

EXPL2A-00067
Departure of Columbuss first expedition from Palos, Spain, 1492. Printed color lithograph of a painting by Ricardo Balaca

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00077

EXPL2A-00077
Cortes scuttling his ships to cut off any chance of his mens retreat after landing in Mexico, 1518. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00092

EXPL2A-00092
Lewis and Clark shoot a grizzly bear, unknown to whites, during their exploration of Louisiana Territory. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of sketch by Patrick Goss

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00056

EXPL2A-00056
Christopher Columbus taking possession of the New World for Spain, 1492 Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00163

EXPL2A-00163
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca crossing the Great American Desert from Texas to Mexico, early 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Marco Polos Voyages published in 1477

Marco Polos Voyages published in 1477
Title page of Marco Polos " Voyages" published in Nuremberg in 1477. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00150

EXPL2A-00150
Chart of Vitus Berings voyage from Kamchatka, Russia, to North America, 1700s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00232

EXPL2A-00232
Jacques Cartier aboard ship arriving on the shore of Canada, 1534. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00247

EXPL2A-00247
Jacques Cartier embraced by Donnacona, a native Canadian Huron chief, Gaspee Peninsula, 1535. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00251

EXPL2A-00251
Title page of the London edition of Jacques Cartiers book about his discoveries in Canada, printed in 1580. Watercolor wash over a 19th-century printed halftone reproduction

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00249

EXPL2A-00249
French colonists building fort at Hochelaga, a native village and the site of Montreal, Canada, 1600s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00085

EXPL2A-00085
English Explorer John Cabot landing on the shore of Canada, 1484. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00058

EXPL2A-00058
Samuel de Champlains map of the Gaspee and Gulf of the Saint Lawrence River, 1632. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the original map

Background imageAdventure Collection: BUSN2A-00101

BUSN2A-00101
Fur-traders canoes imperiled by rapids on the Red River of the North. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EVNT2A-00283

EVNT2A-00283
Prospectors nearing summit of the Chilkoot Pass on their way to the Klondyke gold fields during the Alaska Gold Rush, 1897. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00144

EXPL2A-00144
John Wesley Powells Grand Canyon expedition running rapids on the Colorado River, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut from Powells published account 1870s

Background imageAdventure Collection: Yosemite Valley visitors, 1880s

Yosemite Valley visitors, 1880s
Wagon loaded with visitors descending into Yosemite Valley, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00145

EXPL2A-00145
Rescue of John Wesley Powells Colorado River expedition by climbing out of the Grand Canyon, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut from Powells published account, 1870s

Background imageAdventure Collection: Powells expedition surveying the Grand Canyon, 1870s

Powells expedition surveying the Grand Canyon, 1870s
John Wesley Powells Colorado River expedition climbing out of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, circa 1870. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00300

EXPL2A-00300
Fire destroying the camp of John Wesley Powell during his exploration of the Grand Canyon 1870s. Hand colored woodcut of an illustration from publication of the Powell expedition report

Background imageAdventure Collection: Seeing the Grand Canyon by car, 1911

Seeing the Grand Canyon by car, 1911
Tourists in an automobile visiting the Grand Canyon - Harpers Weekly cover, Automotive Issue, 1911. Printed color lithograph

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00348

EXPL2A-00348
Fremont expedition raising the American flag on the Rockies, 1842. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00349

EXPL2A-00349
John C. Freemont planting the US flag on the Colorado Rockies, 1842. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Jedediah Smith route marker in the Black Hills

Jedediah Smith route marker in the Black Hills
Jedediah Smiths route in 1823 through Buffalo Gap in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Photograph

Background imageAdventure Collection: EVNT2A-00173

EVNT2A-00173
Prospectors traveling a rough road to the gold regions of California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EVNT2A-00099

EVNT2A-00099
Prospectors risking the White Horse Rapids of the Yukon River going to the Klondike gold rush 1898. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: BUSN2A-00236

BUSN2A-00236
Mule train going into the silver mines of Colorado. Hand-colored haltone of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration



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