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Background imageSketch Collection: Leonardo da Vinci sketch for a siege machine

Leonardo da Vinci sketch for a siege machine
Military machine for firing arrows with a crossbow, designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageSketch Collection: Leonardo da Vinci drawing of a canal dredge

Leonardo da Vinci drawing of a canal dredge
Leonardo da Vincis drawing of a device for excavating a canal. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageSketch Collection: EXPL2A-00269

EXPL2A-00269
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition losing notes and specimens in a canoe accident on the upper Missouri River. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of sketch by Patrick Goss

Background imageSketch Collection: Mariana Islands in the Pacific discovered by Magellan, 1521

Mariana Islands in the Pacific discovered by Magellan, 1521
The Ladrones, later called the Marianas, and a native outrigger drawn by Pigafetta on the Magellan expedition, 1521. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background imageSketch Collection: BUSN2A-00245

BUSN2A-00245
Reporters working a murder story, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

Background imageSketch Collection: PART2A-00063

PART2A-00063
Leonardo da Vincis backward handwriting on his design for a lamp using a globe filled with water. 19th-century woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageSketch 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 imageSketch 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 imageSketch Collection: EXPL2A-00092

EXPL2A-00092
Lewis and Clark shoot a grizzly bear, unknown to whites, during their exploration of Louisiana Territory. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of sketch by Patrick Goss

Background imageSketch Collection: EXPL2A-00166

EXPL2A-00166
William Clarks sketch of a trout in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageSketch Collection: EXPL2A-00183

EXPL2A-00183
Samuel de Champlains fortified camp at Quebec on the St Lawrence River, 1600s Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a 17th-century map

Background imageSketch 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


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