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Survey Collection

Background imageSurvey Collection: PPRE2A-00193

PPRE2A-00193
Young George Washington working as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: Founding of Baltimore, Maryland

Founding of Baltimore, Maryland
Colonial surveyors laying out Baltimore Town, January 12, 1730. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by F.B. Mayer

Background imageSurvey Collection: St. Augustine, Florida, founded by Menendez de Aviles

St. Augustine, Florida, founded by Menendez de Aviles
Pedro Menendez de Aviles laying out Saint Augustine, Florida, 1565. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: Walking Purchase land claim in colonial Pennsylvania

Walking Purchase land claim in colonial Pennsylvania
William Penns Walking Purchase agreement with Native Americans for as much land as a man could walk in 3 days. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: Survey party for the transcontinental railroad

Survey party for the transcontinental railroad
Railroad surveyors camp in the Rocky Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: Tuscaroras capturing colonial surveyors in the Carolinas

Tuscaroras capturing colonial surveyors in the Carolinas
Surveyors Lawson and DeGraffenried captured by Native Americans in the Carolinas, 1711. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: PPRE2A-00221

PPRE2A-00221
George Washington as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: PANC2A-00059

PANC2A-00059
Alexander the Great laying out the city of Alexandria in ancient Egypt, 332 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey Collection: Surveyors claiming western Virginia for England

Surveyors claiming western Virginia for England
Royal surveyors marking trees with arrows in western Virginia, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSurvey 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 imageSurvey 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 imageSurvey 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 imageSurvey 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


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