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Exploration Collection (page 7)

Background imageExploration Collection: BUSN2A-00204

BUSN2A-00204
French traders canoeing on a river in the forests of North America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00306

EXPL2A-00306
Discovery of grapes by Leif Erikssons expedition, 1001 AD, leading to naming the new land Vinland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00295

EXPL2A-00295
Champlains Quebec fort, 1613, showing the dwellings (C, D), drawbridge (I), Moat (M), cannon (N), garden (O). Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Champlains drawing

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00296

EXPL2A-00296
Map of Champlains settlement on the Isle de Sainte Croix, Canada, 1613. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original map

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00267

EXPL2A-00267
Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario, 1600s, at the head of the St Lawrence River, now Kingston, Ontario. Hand-colored 19th century halftone reproduction of the original map

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00062

EXPL2A-00062
Map of the Louisiana Purchase as understood in 1803, later modified by treaty. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration 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 imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00244

EXPL2A-00244
Possibly the earliest engraving of an American buffalo, 1558 - first mentioned by Cabeza de Vaca. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original 16th-century engraving

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00348

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

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00290

EXPL2A-00290
Title page of John Smiths " General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles..." printed in 1624. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageExploration 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 imageExploration Collection: Madison River near its junction to form the Missouri River, Montana

Madison River near its junction to form the Missouri River, Montana
Madison River approaching the Missouri River headwaters at Three Forks, Tobacco Root Mountains in the distance. Digital photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: Coalbanks Landing on the Missouri River, Montana

Coalbanks Landing on the Missouri River, Montana
Dawn over the Missouri River at Coalbanks Landing, a Lewis and Clark campsite in Montana. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: White Cliffs area of the Missouri River, Montana

White Cliffs area of the Missouri River, Montana
Missouri River in the White Cliffs backcountry, described by Lewis and Clark, now a wild and scenic river area. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: Judith Landing on the Missouri River, Montana

Judith Landing on the Missouri River, Montana
Missouri River at Judith Landing, a Lewis and Clark campsite in Montana. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: Marias River joining the Missouri River, Montana

Marias River joining the Missouri River, Montana
Marias River junction with the Missouri River, a Lewis and Clark campsite in Montana. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: Missouri River in the Missouri Breaks area, Montana

Missouri River in the Missouri Breaks area, Montana
Missouri Breaks backcountry of the Missouri River, first described by Lewis and Clark, Montana. Photograph

Background imageExploration Collection: Cape of Good Hope mapped at its correct latitude, 1508

Cape of Good Hope mapped at its correct latitude, 1508
First map showing Africas southern point at the correct latitude, from Ruysch 1508. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Stanleys African servant, 1880s

Stanleys African servant, 1880s
Sali, African servant of explorer Henry Stanley throughout the 1887-1889 expedition and in Cairo. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration



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