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Lower Mississippi River defenses against Union ships, 1862

Route of the USS "Brooklyn" past Fort Jackson, Civil War battle of New Orleans, 1862.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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EXPL2A-00065

World map of the flat earth printed by Beatus Rhenanus Bildaus Rheinau early 1500s - North is left, Mediterranean Sea middle
Printed color lithograph reproduction 19th century

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EXPL2A-00147

World map after the disoveries of Columbus and Balboa, showing the prevalent idea that South America was attached to Asia.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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