French Canada Collection

BUSN2A-00110
Woodsman dancing to a fiddle in a logging camp at night, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00128
Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634, the first European to reach that region. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00141
French-Canadian woman baking bread in an outdoor oven, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a turn-of-the-century illustration

EVNT2A-00048
British capturing Quebec in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, French and Indian War, 1759. Hand-colored woodcut

EXPL2A-00284
Early map of Hudsons Strait and Hudsons Bay, 1662, in Arctic Canada. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

EXPL2A-00184
Part of the 1613 Samuel de Champlain map of New France. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of the original ma

PCAN2A-00004
Isaac Brock, British commander of Upper Canada, War of 1812. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century portrait

Racing heavy canoes on a northern river, 1800s
A bateau (boat) race in the north woods, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00194
Father Jacques Marquette holding a peace pipe to greet Native Americans during his journey to the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

French map of the Great Lakes, 1703
La Hontans map of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence valley, 1703. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an 18th century illustration

French settlement of the Great Lakes, 1600s
French Jesuit map of Lake Superior, Upper Michigan, and Wisconsin, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 17th-century illustration

Statue of Louis XIV in old Quebec
Bust of French King Louis XIV in the historic district of Quebec City, Canada. Digital photograph

French soldiers in North America, early 1700s
Canada and Louisiana defended by French soldiers in the early 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Louisbourg surrendered by the French in Canada, 1758
Surrender of Louisbourg to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst, French and Indian War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

British army gathering to capture Quebec, 1759
General Wolfe assembling the British army on the Plains of Abraham to take Quebec, 1759. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a Frederic Remington illustration

EXPL2A-00325
Map of New France and Canada, 1597. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century map printed in Wytfliet

North American colonies in 1733
European claims in North America in 1733, when the last English colony, Georgia, was founded. Color lithograph

BUSN2P-00115
Beaver pelt stretched on a sapling frame and laced with rawhide, a reproduction of the pre-industrial tanning method displayed in Wisconsin. Photograph

BUSN2A-00026
Native Americans bringing beaver pelts to white traders. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

War dance
Native American war dance near the St. Lawrence River during the French and Indian War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00256
French missionary and fur traders carrying a canoe at a portage in North America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PEXP2A-00009
French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle. Hand colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration

PEXP2A-00066
French Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

PEXP2A-00051
Title page of Henri de Tontis account of the La Salle expedition. Woodcut with a watercolor wash of the English edition, printed in London 1698

EXPL2A-00127
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, the first white men on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00027
Native Americans aboard ship to trade their furs to Europeans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00113
Marquette and Joliet meeting Native Americans in Illinois during their exploration of the upper Mississippi River region, 1670s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch map of eastern North America, 1670
Nova Belgh Tabula, map of New Netherland and New England, 1670. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

EXPL2A-00043
French missionaries preaching to Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Neighborhood concert in a French-Canadian village, 1900
French-Canadian villagers enjoying impromtu music, circa 1900. Digitally colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Quebec, 1870s
Map of Quebec province, Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Colonial reenactors in Quebec
Colonial French army reenactors portraying 18th-century Quebec. Digital photograph

Home of Louis Joliet in old Quebec
Home of Louis Joliet in the Petit Champlain district of old Quebec City. Digital photograph

Memorial for Louis Joliets home in old Quebec
Memorial plaque, in English, at Louis Joliets home in old Quebec City. Digital photograph

PCAN2A-00001
Louis de Buade, Count Frontenac, Governor General of New France, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration from a statue

Stone building in the historic district of old Quebec
Stone building festooned with flags in the historic district of Quebec City. Digital photograph

Werewolf of French Canada
Loup-garou, a French-Canadian werewolf legend, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Louis Joliet memorial plaque in old Quebec
Memorial ifor Louis Joliet in old Quebec City. Digital photograph

EXPL2A-00126
Map of New France, 1550, showing the coast of Canada and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Hand-colored woodcut

French fort at Quebec as a winter refuge, 1600s
Starving Native Americans seeking refuge at the French fort at Quebec, Canada, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Champlains Tadoussac settlement, 1613
Champlains map of Tadoussac settlement in New France, 1613. Hand-colored woodcut of a 17th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00230
Jacques Cartier erects a cross along the Saint Lawrence River, claiming Quebec for France, 1534. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00231
Shipwrecks in the Strait of Belle Isle, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00234
Huron chief Donnacona warns Cartiers expedition not to sail up the St Lawrence River, 1535. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GCAN2A-00016
Louisbourg, Canada, besieged by New Englanders under the British flag, 1745. Hand-colored woodcut of a contemporary chart

GCAN2A-00014
Dining hall of the French colonists at Annapolis Royal, Canada, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ice-cutting in Quebec, 1850s
Sawing and harvesting ice on the St. Lawrence River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GCAN2A-00013
French priest baptising natives at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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