Marco Polo leaving Venice, 1300sMarco Polo leaving Venice on his journey to China, 1338. Color lithograph reproductioin of a manuscript: Bod. Misc. 264
Bay of Naples, Italy, 1800sBay of Naples in the mid-1800s. Color lithograph of a 19th-century Samuel Read illustration
Plan of Washington DC, 1793Washington DC as originally laid out, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 1793 engraving
Colonial Savannah, Georgia, 1700sSavannah, Georgia, as established by James Oglethorpe, 1741. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier sketch
Medieval goldsmith at workWorkshop of Etienne Delaulne, a goldsmith in Paris, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration
Tower of London in the late Middle AgesLondon during the time of Henry VII (1457-1509). Color lithograph reproduction of an illuminated manuscript: Roy 16F, ii
Rome, Georgia, in the mid-1800sTown of Rome, Georgia, viewed from the Coosa River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Erie Canal barge at Troy, New YorkBarge on the Erie Canal at West Troy, New York, in the late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600sPunishing heretics by exiling them from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Shrewsbury, England, in the 1500sHigh Street, Shrewsbury, in Tudor England. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Seaport of Galveston, Texas, 1800sGalveston bar and roadstead on the Gulf Coast, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Yacht club in Newport, Rhode Island, 1880sClubhouse of the New York Yacht Club in Newport, Rhode Island, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Spokane, Washington, 1880sSpokane Falls before the great fire, Washington Territory, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Matterhorn rising over Zermatt, SwitzerlandVillage of Zermatt in the valley below the Matterhorn. Hand-colored woodcut of a sketch by Edward Whymper
US Navy base at Sackets Harbor, NY, 1814Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario in 1814, a US Naval station in the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Backyard carnival, 1800sChildren putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
St. Marks Cathedral, Venice, 1800sSquare in front of Saint Marks Cathedral in Venice, 1880s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19tth-century illustration
GEUR2A-00057Medieval walled city of Nuremberg, Germany, 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Oklahoma Territory opened to settlers, 1891Homesteaders charge at the start signal, western Oklahoma Land Rush, 1891. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Gunfight in the street of a western town. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration
EXPL2A-00139Timbuktu in Africa, as drawn by Rene-Auguste Caillie, the first European visitor, 1828. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Caillies illustration
State capitol in Boise, Idaho, late 1800sCarriage traffic around Capitol Square in Boise, Idaho, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870sStevedores loading barrels at the Red River levee at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial capitol at Williamsburg, VirginiaThe old colonial capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Leadville, a Colorado boom town, 1870sChestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the mining boom, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2D-00054Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins, Colorado. Digital photograph
Bakers at their trade in the late Middle AgesBakers of York, showing their guild ordinances, England, 1590s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration
Bacons Rebellion in Jamestown, 1676Nathaniel Bacon confronting Governor Berkeley, Virginia, 1676. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Erie Canal at Schenedtady, New YorkErie Canal barge towed through Schenectady, New York, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mississippi River and the city of Minneapolis, 1870sMinneapolis, village of St. Anthony, and St. Anthonys Falls on the Mississippi River, Minnesota, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Colonists arrival at Jamestown, Virginia, 1607First settlers building Jamestown, Virginia Colony, 1607. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hawaiians in the mid-1800sDiamond Head and Waikiki in the Hawaiian Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial classroom in New England, 1600sEarly schoolroom in colonial New England. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Siege of Magdeburg, Germany, Thirty Years War, 1631Fall of Magdeburg to Flemish General Tilly, resulting in massacre of citizens, Thirty Years War, 1631. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Washington DC from Capitol Hill in 1800Looking down Pennsylvania Avenue at Washington DC, 1800. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Governors Palace on Santa Fe Plaza, dating from the 1600sThe Governors Palace, the Spanish capitol of New Mexico and end of the Santa Fe Trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Marietta on the Ohio River, 1870sSteamboats on the Ohio River at Marietta, Ohio, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
New Archangel, Russian town in Alaska, now called SitkaSitka, or New Archangel, capital of Alaska in 1869, when purchased from Russia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, BetatakinBetatakin, a cliff-dwelling of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, circa 1250-1300 AD, within Navajo National Monument, Arizona. Photograph
New Amsterdam canal, 1600sDutch colonists using the canal in Broad Street, New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870sLaying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Washington DC and the original Capitol building, 1810Washington DC from Capitol Hill in 1810, and an inset view (upper right) of the original Capitol (which burned in 1814). Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Plymouth Colony in 1622The tiny settlement of Pilgrims at Plymouth by 1622. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Nantucket fishing village in the 1800sPony cart hauling water in Siasconset village, Nantucket Island, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Virginia City, Nevada, 1870sMain street of Virginia City, a mining boomtown in Nevada, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial house at Charles Towne Landing, South CarolinaReconstructed colonial home at Charles Towne Landing Historic Site, South Carolina. Digital photograph
Knoxville, Tennessee, 1870sBridge across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
San Antonio River Walk in the 1800sLife along the riverfront in San Antonio, Texas, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration