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Central America Collection

Background imageCentral America Collection: Caribbean islands, 1870s

Caribbean islands, 1870s
Map of West Indies and the Caribbean Sea, 1800s. Printed color lithograph

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00377

EXPL2A-00377
Chart of the West Indies sea depths and land elevations. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: GLAT2A-00018

GLAT2A-00018
Boat landing at the Chagres River, Panama, a seaport during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: PPRE2A-00091

PPRE2A-00091
President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to pay Colombia millions for Panama Canal rights, 1903. Hand-colored 1903 W.A. Rogers cartoon

Background imageCentral America Collection: Balboa discovering the Pacific, 1513

Balboa discovering the Pacific, 1513
Spanish expedition under Balboa discovering the Pacific Ocean, 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: New World natives in a rain forest

New World natives in a rain forest
Natives in a tropical rain forest in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: A view of the tropical New World

A view of the tropical New World
Tropical forest of the " Spanish Main" of Central America or the Caribbean. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: Excavating the Panama Canal

Excavating the Panama Canal
Workers using explosives to excavate the Panama Canal, 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an early 20th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: AGRI2A-00123

AGRI2A-00123
Coffee tree leaves, flowers, and fruit. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: AGRI2A-00124

AGRI2A-00124
Native workers harvesting coffee in Costa Rica, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: Balboa expeditions canoes on the Pacific, 1513

Balboa expeditions canoes on the Pacific, 1513
Balboas first embarkation on the Pacific Ocean (South Sea), 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00262

EXPL2A-00262
Early explorers coming ashore along a tropical coast in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00130

EXPL2A-00130
Exploring a tropical rain forest, such as in Central or South America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: AGRI2A-00013

AGRI2A-00013
Coffee berries spread in the plantation yard to ferment and dry, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EVNT2A-00213

EVNT2A-00213
Prospectors traveling to the California gold regions crossing through jungle on the isthmus of Panama, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00222

EXPL2A-00222
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovering the Pacific Ocean, 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00235

EXPL2A-00235
Balboa raising his sword to claim the Pacific Ocean for Spain, 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00293

EXPL2A-00293
Francisco Pizarro draws a line in the sand in Panama daring his men to follow him to Peru, 1530. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCentral America Collection: EXPL2A-00375

EXPL2A-00375
Map of North America as known in the mid-1600s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration in Campanius, 1702

Background imageCentral America Collection: Isthmus of Panama, 1744

Isthmus of Panama, 1744
Map from Oexmelins Histoire of the Isthmus of Panama, 1744. Hand-colored woodcut


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