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[Mapa del Golfo y costa de la Nueva España : desde el Río de Panuco ha...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coast from the vicinity of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina of the United States, location of Indian settlements, and lakes and rivers in the region to the Pánuco River ... More

Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio

French expedition under Jean Ribaut enter the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Rena... More

Theodor de Bry - [The French arrive in Florida]

The arrival of the French expedition under Laudonnière at the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Fran... More

Conflict with the Indians - Engraving, Public domain image

Public domain photo of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Americae nova tabula - Public domain vintage map

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Mississippi / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Shows trees, animals, and names of the Indian nations. Pen-and-ink and watercolor; detached from paper and mounted on cloth backing. "This is the copy of a sketch of the Mississippi Ri... More

[De Quelle maniere Tascaluça reçut General]

The manner in which Toscaluça received the General. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride / par Ferdinand de Soto. Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pierre... More

[Découverte d'une trahison dans Mauvila]

Discovery of treachery in Mauvila. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains

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Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country ...

Relief shown by hachures. Bar scale incorrect. Note in manuscript ink on paper affixed to verso: "To accompany the claim of H.R. Schoolcraft. The country coloured green lies west & north of the [Michigan superi... More

Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country ...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Map of the United States and Canada].

Shows only southeastern and southwestern portions of Canada. Relief shown by hachures. Title from published version. Published version: Harper's cereographic map of the United States and Canada. New York : Harp... More

Theodor de Bry - [Trophies and ceremonies after a victory]

Natives gathered at designated place to celebrate victory over their enemies, with Chief Holata Outina standing in foreground with French soldiers. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇... More

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

[Map of the upper Great Plains and Rocky Mountains region] /

Shows territories of various North American Indian tribes. Relief shown by hachures. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 709 Cohen, Paul E. Ma... More

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...

Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... More

Henry Hudson descending the Hudson River

Illustration shows Henry Hudson and his companions trading with Indians on the shore; in background, Hudson's ship and a canoe. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10 (1856 April 12), p. 233. Reference copy avai... More

Indians approaching under the water-lilies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indians approaching a camp of Spaniards by concealing themselves under water lilies; the Spaniards are preparing to fire upon the Indians. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Disco... More

Indian princess presenting a necklace of pearls to de Soto / J.W. Orr,...

Princess Xualla presenting a necklace of pearls to Hernando de Soto, at Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. W... More

Burning of the Spanish camp at Chickasaw / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Burning of the Spanish camp at Chickasaw, Yalobusha Valley, Mississippi, by Indians.

Spaniards hunting Indians. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Soldiers under command of officers of Don Pedro de Avila chasing and killing Indians, 1519.

Spaniards robbing an Indian temple / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Spaniards robbing Indians at temple in Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd,... More

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Reports; 186...

[Indians stalking Spaniards riding horses in swamp]

Wm. McCrea & Co., Stereotypers, Newburgh, N.Y. Illus. in: Ferdinand De Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi / by John S.C. Abbott. New York : Dodd & Mead, 1873, frontispiece. Reference copy also available in... More

Carte du Bassin du Mackenzie, dressée de 1862 à 1873

Géographie de l'Athabaskaw-Mackenzie et des Grands Lacs du Bassin Arctique : Extrait du Bulletin de la Société de Geographie (Juillet 1875) Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of North America showing Indian tribes

Title provided by cataloger. Manuscript information about tribes over printed base map. Pencil, pen-and-ink and watercolor. The base map has the name of Oklahoma as Indian Territory and the Dakotas as "Dakota".... More

Champlain exploring the Canadian wilderness

Print shows Samuel de Champlain and two companions looking at a river as Indians carry the canoes to the shore. Copyright 1893 by Gebbie & Co. Illus. in: The American continent and its inhabitants before its d... More

DeSoto discovering the Mississippi

Print shows De Soto, on horseback, his soldiers, and a priest entering an Indian village. Copyright 1893 by Gebbie & Co. Illus. in: The American continent and its inhabitants before its discovery by Columbus /... More

The Lady of Cofachiqui / George Gibbs.

The Lady of Cofachiqui, chief of her village, showing Hernando de Soto and his soldiers contents in treasure chest. Illus. in: De Soto and his men in the land of Florida / Grace Elizabeth King. New York : The M... More

Discovery of the Mississippi River by De Soto, May 1541

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Discovery of the Mississippi River by De Soto, May 1541

Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09874. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: General Correspondence, 1853-1888; 1874;...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: General Correspondence, 1853-1888; 1877;...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Orders; 1853...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Book and Speech File, 1878-circa 1883; M...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Operations r...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: General Correspondence, 1853-1888; 1800s...

Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Wi...

William Hypolitus Keating (1799-1840), a professor of mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania (1822-1828), compiled this two-volume account of a scientific expedition in 1823 under the auspic... More

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lak...

This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditiona... More