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Background imageExploration Collection: PEXP2A-00023

PEXP2A-00023
Walter Raleigh and his expedition at Trinidad, off South America, 1595. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: PEXP2A-00069

PEXP2A-00069
Nicolas de Ovandos army on Hispaniola setting out for Xaragua, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00227

EXPL2A-00227
Map of Hispaniola in 1534, from cartography of Peter Martyr and Oviedo. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century map

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00368

EXPL2A-00368
Cortes marches out of Aztec Tenochtitlan to battle the army of Narvaez, 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Site of Henri de Tontis French settlement, 1686

Site of Henri de Tontis French settlement, 1686
Replica of cross marking Henri de Tontis 1686 French trading settlement, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas. Digital photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: India coast, 1459

India coast, 1459
The Malabar coast of India, from Fra Mauros map, 1459 (south is at the top). Digitally colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: Vision of Chinas fabulous civilization in Marco Polos time

Vision of Chinas fabulous civilization in Marco Polos time
The " Far Cathay" --how China was imagined to be in Marco Polos time. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00076

EXPL2A-00076
Hernando Cortes loses two horses in battle with Tlaxcalan natives in conquering Mexico, 1519. Printed color lithograph of a 19th century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00100

EXPL2A-00100
Bananas and other fruit trees of Hispaniola, from a sketch published in 1572. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of an illustration from Benzoni 1572

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00346

EXPL2A-00346
Early map showing Nova Zembla off the Arctic coast of Russia, probably 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00168

EXPL2A-00168
William Clarks sketch of an evergreen shrub leaf in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary, 1806. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00167

EXPL2A-00167
William Clarks sketch of Flathead Indians in his diary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-1806 Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00171

EXPL2A-00171
Map showing the route of La Salles explorations in North America, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Barents Sea ice around the Eira on its first voyage, 1880

Barents Sea ice around the Eira on its first voyage, 1880
Leigh Smiths " Eira" locked in ice during the ships first Arctic voyage off Spitsbergen, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Arctic rescue ship disaster off Siberia, 1882

Arctic rescue ship disaster off Siberia, 1882
Burning of the US Navy ship " Rodgers" in Arctic waters, hunting for the DeLong expedition after disappearance of the " Jeannette, " 1882

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00180

EXPL2A-00180
Henry Grinnells ship aground during the search led by Elisha Kent Kane for the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, under the midnight sun, 1853

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00189

EXPL2A-00189
Hudsons ship " Half-Moon" leaving Amsterdam for the New World, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00197

EXPL2A-00197
Hudsons map of his voyages in the Arctic, published in 1612. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction of a woodcut from Hudsons " Voyages" published in 1612

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00198

EXPL2A-00198
Mutineers send Henry Hudson and his son overboard to die adrift in a small boat in the Arctic 1611. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00209

EXPL2A-00209
Henry Hudsons ship " Half Moon" arriving at Manhattan Island, 1609. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00211

EXPL2A-00211
Father Juan de Padilla finds the cross set by Coronado, 1540s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00213

EXPL2A-00213
Henry Hudsons attack on a Native American village on the Atlantic coast, 1609. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00218

EXPL2A-00218
French missionary Louis Hennepins map of the Mississippi River valley, Gulf Coast, and Great Lakes after LaSalle expeditions 1697

Background imageExploration Collection: Virginia and North Carolina coast, 1500s

Virginia and North Carolina coast, 1500s
John Whites map of the Atlantic coast of North Carolina and Virginia, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00222

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

Background imageExploration Collection: South America mapped after Magellans voyage, 1519

South America mapped after Magellans voyage, 1519
New World map after Magellans passage around Cape Horn in 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00258

EXPL2A-00258
De Sotos expedition met by Chief Aquixos Native Americans in canoes on the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00257

EXPL2A-00257
Death of Father Marquette in Michigan, returning from a mission to the Ilinois Indians, 1675. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00260

EXPL2A-00260
De Soto discovering the Mississippi River after an overland journey, 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00263

EXPL2A-00263
Juan Ponce de Leons expedition searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00271

EXPL2A-00271
Vitus Berings Russian expedition ships wrecked upon the Aleutian Isles. 1741. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00285

EXPL2A-00285
Walrus in Arctic waters near a tall sailing ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00286

EXPL2A-00286
Willem Barents expedition in Arctic ice at Nova Zembla searching for a northeast passage, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00316

EXPL2A-00316
Captain James Cook, discoverer of the Sandwich Islands, with his ships in Kealakekua Bay, where he was killed by natives in 1779. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00329

EXPL2A-00329
Louis Joliets map of New France, 1673-1674, including the upper Mississippi River he and Jacques Marquette discovered. Hand-colored halftone reproduction

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00350

EXPL2A-00350
French map of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River region, circa 1700. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2D-00028

EXPL2D-00028
Missouri River where Lewis and Clark had their first meeting with the Sioux Nation, near Pierre, South Dakota, 1804. Digital photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2P-00037

EXPL2P-00037
Fort Mandan, reconstructed Lewis and Clark campsite on Missouri River, North Dakota. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2P-00061

EXPL2P-00061
Lewis and Clark trail over Lolo Pass, Bitterroot Mountains, Montana. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: Weddell Sea pack ice, Antarctica

Weddell Sea pack ice, Antarctica
Joinville Island in South Herbert Bay, Antarctica, at 7:00 pm, February 1902. Halftone reproduction of a painting by F.W. Stokes

Background imageExploration Collection: GATL2A-00004

GATL2A-00004
Sailing-ship in a Greenland fjord below the end of a glacier. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00118

EXPL2A-00118
LaSalle at the mouth of the Mississippi River claims Louisiana for France 1682. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00117

EXPL2A-00117
Sketch by William Clark of Cock of the Plains in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century reproduction of the diary

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00116

EXPL2A-00116
Diary kept by William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804 - 1806. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century reproduction of the diary



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