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EXPL2A-00195Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet on the upper Mississippi River in canoes 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
McClure discovers the Northwest Passage, 1850British ship " Investigator" in Arctic ice during McClures discovery of the Northwest Passage while searching for the lost Franklin expedition, 1850
EXPL2A-00233Cartiers ships leaving St. Malo, France, to sail for North America, 1530s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00239First map of the Strait of Magellan from Magellans circumnavigation of the earth in 1519 showing north at the bottom. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Pigafettas 16th century map
EXPL2A-00240Ship " Victoria, " one of Magellans fleet which circumnavigated the earth, 1519-1520. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration
EXPL2A-00262Early explorers coming ashore along a tropical coast in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Borchgrevink marking the Antarctic mainland for Norway, 1894Borchgrevinks expedition planting the Norwegian flag amidst penguins on the Antarctic mainland, 1894. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Sailing unknown seas in the Age of DiscoveryNavigating the Sea of Darkness. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction
Crusaders sailing for the Holy LandCrusaders setting sail for Jerusalem from Damietta in northern Egypt, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving of an earlier illustration
PEXP2A-00089Columbus having visions of a ship while traveling with his son from court to court. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Viking explorers on the North American coastViking settlers exploring the North American coast. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00024Map of the Atlantic with the New World coast, drawn in 1500 by Juan de la Cosa, Columbus pilot. Hand colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original chart
EXPL2A-00020Ships of Ferdinand Magellan rounding Tierra del Fuego to circumnavigate the earth 1519 to 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00009Three ships of Columbus approaching the New World, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Columbus first sighting the New WorldColumbus getting his first sight of the New World from the deck of the Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00006Columbuss hospitable reception by Guacanagari, Caribbean chief, after shipwreck of Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00004Expedition of Christopher Columbus landing at Hispaniola, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00036Wreck of Columbuss flagship Santa Maria on the coast of Hispaniola, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Arctic voyage of Willem Barents, 1500sWillem Barents ship in the Artic ice, 1590s. Printed color woodcut by Gerard de Veer, 1598
EXPL2A-00088Death of Magellan on the island of Mactan, Philippines, in 1521, before completing his circumnavigation of the earth. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00091Henry Hudsons ship " Half-Moon" ascending the Hudson River, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00089Caravel " Santa Maria, " the flagship of Columbus first voyage and which sank off Hispaniola in 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00230Jacques Cartier erects a cross along the Saint Lawrence River, claiming Quebec for France, 1534. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00231Shipwrecks in the Strait of Belle Isle, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00234Huron chief Donnacona warns Cartiers expedition not to sail up the St Lawrence River, 1535. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00049Transporting merchandise on the great Silk Road in the Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration
PANC2A-00040Cleopatras barge on the Nile. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by H. Picou
Pilgrims leaving Delfthaven, 1620Departure of the Pilgrims on the " Speedwell" from Delfthaven, The Netherlands, 1620. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting
Steamboat passing a raft on a riverMen steering a raft past a riverboat and its passenger excursion barge, early 1800s. Color halftone reproduction of an Arthurs illustration
Hand-colored woodcutChinese immigrants aboard the Pacific Mail steamship " Alaska, " bound for San Francisco, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00029Chinese immigrants at the San Francisco custom-hoouse, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Ship Alarm wrecked off the Irish coast, 1866Lifeboat rescuing passengers from the ship " Alarm" off Belfast, Ireland, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
First steamboat, the Clermont, on the Hudson RiverFultons steamboat, the " Clermont, " on the Hudson River, 1807. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00045Nantucket sleigh-ride in which a longboat is pulled by a harpoon line lodged in a whale. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00199Gold seekers en route to the California Gold Rush on a clipper ship in fair weather, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00188One of Henry Hudsons ships, early 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction of a woodcut from Hudsons " Voyages" published in 1612
Sea of DarknessTerrors in the Sea of Darkness. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PNAV2A-00010USS Mississippi, flagship of Mathew Perrys expedition to Japan, 1852. Hand-colored woodcut of an 1852 illustration
Emigrants leaving for America, 1850sEuropean emigrants leaving their families to sail to America, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PROY2A-00107Richard Is farewell to the Holy Land after the Third Crusade, 1192. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PBIB2A-00061Apostle Paul leaving his friends to spread Christianity in Asia Minor. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PMYT2A-00051Jasons ship Argo leaving ancient Corinth in the quest for the Golden Fleece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PLIT2A-00058Ship in stormy seas from Coleridges " Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration
PEXP2A-00023Walter Raleigh and his expedition at Trinidad, off South America, 1595. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00005Harbor of Havana, Cuba, in the 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00017Sailing-ship firing on a fort in Jamaica during colonial times. Hand-colored woodcut
Vision of Chinas fabulous civilization in Marco Polos timeThe " Far Cathay" --how China was imagined to be in Marco Polos time. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00346Early map showing Nova Zembla off the Arctic coast of Russia, probably 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction
