discovery and exploration

[Mort de trois Espagnols, & le tourmens que soffrit Jean Ortis]

The killing of three Spaniards and torture of Juan Ortiz. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... par Ferdinand de Soto ... / L'Inca Gardillasso de la Vega. Aleide : Pierre Vander, 1731, oppos. p. ... More

[L'Armée passe le fleuve de Cosaciqui]

The army passing the Cosaciqui River. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

[Resolution des Indiens, & leur fortir de l'étang]

Resolution of the Indians and their coming out of the pond. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride /par Ferdinand de Soto. Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome premier. Aleide ... More

Carte de la Province et Colonie de la Louisiane, dans la partie Septen...

Shows the Mississippi River and tributaries from the Illinois River south to the Gulf of Mexico. Gift; Partial funding for this purchase from the Ed Cox Legacy Fund; 2007. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available ... More

A new and correct map of the world laid down according to the newest d...

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Moll's World described. Includes illustrations including the Ptolemean and Copernican systems and the sun, moon and planets, ancillary hemisphere map centered on the North P... More

L'hydrographie françoise : recueil des cartes générales et particulièr...

Phillips, 587 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte du Perou, pour servir à l'histoire des Incas et à celle de l'e...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Carte du Lac Champlain depuis le Fort Chambly jusqu'a celuyde St. Fréd...

Shows landowners along the shore of Lake Champlain. Pen and ink and colored ink. Similar to map created by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry in 1732. Oriented with north to the right. At top of title cartouche... More

Travajo personal que en la inspesion de esta corta obra tubo el Ro. Pe...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and legend. Covers the territory from Santa Fé west to the Colorado River and south to the Chihuaha. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster i... More

L' hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les terres austr...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and "Plan et vue du Cap de la Circoncision". LC copy stamped on: 321. Annotated "Early American maps, no. 8" in upper left corner. Trimmed to neat line, laminated and mou... More

Carte réduite des découvertes des Russes, entre l'Asie et l'Amerique.

Prévost ed., 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault

Plan général du Fort Septentrional du Detour des Anglois, tel qu'il es...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows buildings, internal facilities, and surrounding area. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. Copy annotated in pencil in lower left margin: 84482. A progress repor... More

Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauv...

Shows the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans from Colapissas to English Turn, lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, location of Native American settlements, fortifications, and natural features. Pen-a... More

Hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les terres australe...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and "Plan et vue du Cap de la Circoncision". LC copy imperfect: foldlined. Mended tear from top to bottom in left half. Available also through the Library of Congress Web... More

Carta de la Provincia de Quito y de sus adjacentes /

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. "En que la costa desde la Boca de Esmeraldas hasta Tunaco con la Derrota de Quito al Marañon, por una senda de à pie de Baños à Canelos, y el curso de los Rios Bobonac̦... More

Sebastien Cabot explaining his discoveries to Henry VII.

Public domain photograph of textile 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

George Washington's map, accompanying his "journal to the Ohio", 1754.

Title annotated. Facsimile from Massachusetts' Historical Society Collections, vol. 61. Reproduced in The George Washington Atlas, 1932, plate 11. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a ra... More

Map of the country about the Mississippi.

Not drawn to scale. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen and ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows area from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Ohio River. Also mounted on sheet, in same handwriting as... More

Plano de la costa de Honduras desde el Cavo de Gracias a Dios hasta el...

Shows Atlantic coast of Central America covering Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, a small portion of Nicaragua, and a portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. Also shows routes of expeditions. Depths shown by soundings. W... More

Descripción o carta de golfo que contiene la costa de España, Verueria...

Also shows routes of expeditions. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 13 Available also throug... More

Carte de la baye de Hudson, pour servir à l'Histoire générale des voya...

Scale ca. 1:9,400,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV. In 4⁰. No. 14. Tome 14. In 8⁰. Page 191." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harpe's Agrégé de l'historie generale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of North Amer... More

An accurate chart of the world with the new discoveries : also a view ...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrated cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A correct map of the world drawn from the best discoveries

Includes indexes. In upper right corner: v. 2, p. 15? Text on verso. LC copy imperfect: trimmed, upper left corner torn, with some loss to index. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Baye de Hudson et pays voisins, 1763

Scale ca. 1:9,400,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tome I. No. 3." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 305 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

Chart containing the greater part of the South Sea to the south of the...

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Carte des voyages du Cape. Carver, dans la partie intérieure de l'Amér...

Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 783 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 600/2; 651/3

Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjace...

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Chart comprizing Greenland with the countries and islands about Baffin...

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Chart containing the coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian dis...

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Carte générale des découvertes de l'amiral De Fonte représentant le gr...

Scale ca. 1:22,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Suppl. 8e. carte." From the author's [Recueil de 10 cartes ... 1779] no. 8. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Carta plana que contiene parte de la costa de Malayo como asimismo par...

Draught of the R. Ibbeville. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Carta plana que contiene parte del Archipielago de las Philipinas y .....

Shows South China Sea between Philippines and Vietnam. Also shows routes of expeditions. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Black, red, and green inks. Mounted on cloth backing... More

Carta que contiene la navegación desde Pulo Zapata hasta Manila con un...

Shows South China Sea between western portion of Philippines and Vietnam. Also shows 1 expedition route. Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Mounted on cloth backing. LC... More

A map of Potomack and James rivers in North America shewing their seve...

Scale ca. 1:950,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Georges Louis le Rouge - Mappe monde nouvelle

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. LC copy sectioned into 21 pieces and mounted on linen. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Mappa totius mundi : adornata juxta observationes dnn. academiae regal...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes note, illustrations, and ancillary maps of the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. LC copy imperfect: small loss close to left margin. Available also through the Libr... More

A map of the world according to the latest discoveries

LC copy mounted on cloth along with hand written notes about Ferro prime meridian. Meridian information also annotated on map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Russian discoveries from the map published by the Imperial Academy...

"Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Printseller..." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault

Derrotero hecho por Antonia Vélez y Escalante, misionero para mejor co...

Covers sections of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

[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

A chart of the discoveries made by the late Capt. Cook, & other Europe...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

A new map of North America, from the latest discoveries 1778

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

A new map of North America : from latest discoveries, 1778 /

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Offrandes faites au capitaine Cook, aux isles Sandwich Benard direxit

Print shows a Native priest offering a roast pig to Captain James Cook at a dinner with other priests and a few members of Cook's staff, in front of a tall wooden idol and the temple of the God of Agriculture. ... More

Plano de la costa osidental del Río del Sinú hasta Ysla Fuerte y Punta...

Shows coast of Gulf of Morrosquillo between Sinú River and Fuerte Island. Also shows routes of expeditions. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermark: Strasburg fleur-de-li... More

A map shewing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between La...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: London. In upper right corner: Gent. Mag. March 1790. Pt. I, p. 197. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

North America from the Mississippi River to the Pacific, between the 3...

Pen-and-ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. See also: Geographical review, vol. 1, p. 330, May 1916. LC Annual report, 1925, p. 86. See also: Wheat. Mapping the trans... More

Carta de los descrubrimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de la America Se...

Pen-and-ink. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault

Jean Baptiste Dedeban - Christopher Columbus

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chart of the Galapagos / - Public domain vintage map

Also shows routes of expeditions. "... published 1st January 1798 ..." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America : with the tracks of...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. In upper right corner: 5. Insets: Entrance of Columbia River -- Gray's Harbour -- Port Discovery. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Chart of the Pacific Ocean : drawn from a great number of printed and ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also shows routes and dates of exploration. In upper left corner: To Joseph de Mendoza Rios esqr., F.R.S. &c.&c. This chart of the Pacific Ocean is dedicated... More

[Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to M...

Date from accompanying text. Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills. Some place names in both English and French. Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and Joh... More

Virginia, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:1,290,000. Facsimile. Ninth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Virginia, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:1,290,000. Facsimile. Tenth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. "Captain John Smith's map of Virginia 1606." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

[Map showing route of Captain George Dixon in the Queen Charlotte alon...

Watermark: Beehive. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. Printed label describing the map mounted on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Maggs number annotated in... More

Nouvelle carte des découvertes faites par les vaisseaux russiens aux c...

Map of northwestern North America and the Russian Far East including the Bering Strait region showing the exploration routes of Bering, Chirikov, and other Russian explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colo... More

The first ship / painted by Joshua Shaw ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Ship of Christopher Columbus in background, and three Indians in foreground.

Virginia, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:1,310,000. Facsimile. Ninth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Chart of the Pacific Ocean. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Virginia, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:680,000. Facsimile. Tenth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

A map of America between latitudes 40 and 70 north and longitudes 45 a...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

A map of Mackenzie's track from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean in...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

A map of Mackenzie's track from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean in...

"... Published 15 Oct. 1801 ..." Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

A map of Mackenzie's track from Fort Chipewyan to the north sea in 178...

"... Published 15 Oct. 1801 ..." Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

A map of America between latitudes 40 and 70 north and longitudes 45 a...

"... Published 15 Oct. 1801 ..." Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Carte du Missouri : levee ou rectifiée dans toute son etendue /

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Karta morskikh otkrytīĭ Rosīĭskimi moreplavateli︠a︡mi na Tikhom i Ledo...

A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of Nort...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Rivers added east of the Rocky Mountains, 90⁰ L. 45⁰ Lat.," from Tooley's Printed maps of America. In lower margin: London: Published Jan. 1, 1795 by A. Arrowsmith, No. 24 Rathb... More

[Lewis and Clark map, with annotations in brown ink by Meriwether Lewi...

Pen and ink. Author information provided by Prof. Donald Jackson, 1/12/1977. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. See also: pp. 97-103 of Allen's Passage through the garden... More

[Mississippi river, with Ohio, Rock, Iowa River de Moins, Missouri, Wh...

Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. Includes 7 "Indian boundary lines." In lower left corner in pencil: 91. On verso: Transferred from Interior Department, Office of Indian Affairs. Jan. ... More

Map of the Washita river in Louisiana from the Hot Springs to the conf...

Oriented with North to the upper left corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A map of part of the continent of North America : between the 35th and...

Relief shown by shading. Covers western North America, from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, including southern Canada and northern Mexico. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also throug... More

A Map of the United States and part of Louisiana.

From: A New system of modern geography, B. Davies, 1805. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Charte von den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America nebst Louisiana : ...

Relief shown by hachures. Covers the area east of the Red River from Lake Superior to Gulf of Mexico to New Brunswick. Prime meridian: Ferro. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Louisiana. Historic map, Library of Congress

From Arrowsmith & Lewis New and Elegant General Atlas, 1804. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A map of the discoveries of Capt. Lewis & Clark from the Rockey Mounta...

Relief shown pictorially. Meridians: London and Philadelphia. Ink and watercolor, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of C... More

A chart of the internal part of Louisiana : including all the hitherto...

Scale ca. 1:2,450,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. "Plate II." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2

Map of the world with the most recent discoveries.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 99-42

El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacio...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Spanish manuscript map of Spanish Texas, Louisiana Territory and the Trans-Mississippi West, prepared for the use by the Spanish Crown in defending its claims to Spanis... More

Plan of the N.W. frontier / - Public domain old map

Shows the Mississippi River from St. Anthony Falls to St. Louis, the Missouri River west to South Dakota, the Illinois River east to Lake Michigan, and tributaries. Title from verso. Gift; Woodbury Blair, Minna... More

A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of Nort...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows points of interest, aids to navigation, and historical information. Appears in Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo; or, dictionary of America & West Indies, 1816. Exhibition: Mapping the ... More

Missouri territory formerly Louisiana.

Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A map of Lewis and Clark's track, across the western portion of North ...

Scale ca. 1:4,300,000. Relief shown by hachures. Meridian: London and Washington. From Lewis, Meriwether, History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1814. Available also through th... More

Missouri territory formerly Louisiana.

Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory depicted differently from other copies (42nd and 49th parallels) Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North A...

Scale ca. 1:4,400,000. Relief shown by hachures. Meridian: London and Washington. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Louisiana. Historic map, Library of Congress

From: Carey's General atlas of the world and quarters. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

General outline of the Authors route as adapted to the second section ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Third state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. Acquired on exchange,... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Fourth state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. Acquired by transfer... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Second state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. Acquired April, 1969... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Sixth state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy sectioned and... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Third state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy sectioned and... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Fourth state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. Acquired in April 19... More

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Second state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy of eastern h... More

Map of the United States including Louisiana.

Engraved by James D. Stout. Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, v. 2, 326 Phillips. Maps of America p. 879 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.