early america

Drake, Francis - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir Francis Drake, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing left. Engraving by W. Hall. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. "From an original Picture in the possession of Sir T.F. E... More

Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, ...

Map showing Chesapeake Bay area and Indian place names with inset of Powhatan, and a Susquehanna Indian / John Smith.

[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]

Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More

[4 illus. of Indians: warrior in armor; woman grinding maize; woman we...

Illus. in: Samuel Champlain, Voyages et Descouvertes..., 1619, fol. 87 verso. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Misc.... More

[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top i...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 23 recto.

[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shel...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 110 recto.

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

Drake, Francis - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Title page illus. with ship VICTORIA and bust portraits of circumnavi...

America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, et Virginia

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Amerigo Vespucci ontdekt Amerika

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West-Indische paskaert : waer in de graden der breedde over weder zyde...

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America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...

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Americæ nova descriptio - Public domain vintage map

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Pas caarte van Nieu Nederlandt nautical chart

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Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies : van Cabo Co...

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A map of ye English Empire in ye continent of America : viz Virginia, ...

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Drake, Francis - Public domain portrait engraving

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A new map of New England, New York, New Iarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland,...

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Carte particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, la Nouvelle Ia...

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Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

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A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...

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A new map of Virginia and Maryland - Public domain map

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A new map of North America shewing its principal divisions, chief citi...

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Pas-kaart vande Rivieren Commewini Suriname en Cupanama ...

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New England, New York, New Jersey and Pensilvania

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New England, New York, New Jersey and Pensilvania

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A chart of the sea coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New England, ...

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A New map of Virginia. - Public domain vintage map

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A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...

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A map of North America with the European settlements & whatever else i...

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A map of North America : with the European settlements & whatever else...

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Amérique Septentrionale publiée sous les auspices de Monseigneur le Du...

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Drake, Francis - Public domain portrait engraving

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A new map of Virginia from the best authorities

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A map of the British Empire in America : with the French, Spanish and ...

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Carte des terres nouvellement connues au nord de la Mer du Sud, tant d...

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A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent

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A compleat chart of the coast of Asia and America with the great South...

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His excellency Arthur Dobbs esq., captain general, governour in chief ...

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A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...

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A map of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland with pa...

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Carte reduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amerique : apelées ...

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Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland dressée sur la grande carte angloi...

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To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esqrs., true & absolut...

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Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumque coloniis fl...

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A new map of Virginia : from the best authorities

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A new map of Virginia : from the best authorities

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A general map of North America : in which is express'd the several new...

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An accurate map of the British, French & Spanish settlements in Nth. A...

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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settl...

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A new and accurate map of North America : laid down according to the l...

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Carte réduite de l'Ocean occidental contenant partie des costes d'Euro...

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Carte réduite de l'Ocean occidental contenant partie des costes d'Euro...

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The provinces of New York, and New Jersey : with part of Pensilvania, ...

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A map of that part of America where a degree of latitude was measured ...

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Part of North America : comprehending the course of Ohio, New England,...

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An accurate map of North America : describing and distinguishing the B...

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[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Plan du terrein à la rive gauche de la rivière de James vis-à-vis Jame...

Scale ca. 1:16,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to points of military interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1451 Available also throu... More

Jean Baptiste Dedeban - Christopher Columbus

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Drake, Francis - Public domain portrait engraving

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Drake, Francis - Public domain portrait print

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Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

Radierer: Bisi, Michele Zeichner: Longhi, Giuseppe Datierung: 1812 / 1820

Christopher Columbus from "De Aardbol. Magazijn van hedendaagsche land...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from volume 10 of "De Aardbol. Magazijn van hedendaagsche land- en volkenkunde ... Met platen en kaarten. [Deel 4-9 by P. H. W.]". The title and subject terms of this ... More

Tower of London from "A Lecture on the Discovery of America by the Nor...

This image has been taken from scan 000032 from "A Lecture on the Discovery of America by the Northmen, five hundred years before Columbus ... Fourth edition, with additions". The title and subject terms of thi... More

Jamestown from "[Pocahontas, and other poems.]"

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Christopher Columbus, ink drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Mr. Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St. Julian...

Print shows the 1578 beheading of Thomas Doughty in Port St. Julian, Patagonia, during Drake's circumnavigation voyage.

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

Amerigo Vespucci from "A Popular History of the United States from the...

This image has been taken from scan 000183 from volume 01 of "A Popular History of the United States from the first discovery of the western hemisphere ... to the end of the first century of the union of the St... More

[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America]

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Christopher Columbus from "A Popular History of the United States from...

This image has been taken from scan 000167 from volume 01 of "A Popular History of the United States from the first discovery of the western hemisphere ... to the end of the first century of the union of the St... More

Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

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Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

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[How the Natives collect gold in the streams]

Native men using hollow rods which they drive into the sandy bottom of streams to collect gold and other metals. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in... More

map from "[History of the United States of America, ... extending from...

This image has been taken from scan 000052 from "[History of the United States of America, ... extending from the discovery of America by Columbus to the present time, etc.]". The title and subject terms of thi... More

map from "[History of the United States of America, ... extending from...

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map from "[History of the United States of America, ... extending from...

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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 from "[History of the United States of America, ... extending from...

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Torture of the prisoner [by nude Indians]

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 85. The same illustration used a second time in Johannes Lerii's account, p. 193. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverifie... More

[Bird's-eye view of a Native American deer hunt in New France (Canada)...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, opp. p. 52.

Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

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Portrait de Americ Vespuce ou Amerigo Vespucci

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map from "[History of the United States of America, ... extending from...

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Christopher Columbus from "History of the Early Settlement and Indian ...

This image has been taken from scan 000027 from "History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia; embracing an account of the various expeditions in the West, previous to 1795. Also, biograp... 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

[Map of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York].

Wall map. Title supplied by cataloger. Includes ill. of area residences. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Mounted on cloth. Shellacked. Attached to wooden rods along to... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window for perpetuating Christianity...

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[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window "Jamestown" showing ...

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Jamestown from "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia"

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[Title page of History of the United States, vol. I, showing Christoph...

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