New France Gallery

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

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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

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EXPL2A-00186

Samuel de Champlain and his Huron Indian allies fighting the Iroquois near Lake Champlain, 1609.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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