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Expedition Map of Major S.H. Long

Date: 1823
Description: In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th...
Print

Voyageurs in Camp for the Night

Date: 03 1892
Description: Engraving of voyageurs gathered around a fire at their camp.
Print

Mass of Native Copper on the Ontonagon River

Date: 1821
Description: Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder.
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of Christopher Columbus and hi...
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
Book or Pamphlet

International Trucks Gatti-Hallicrafter's Expedition to Africa

Date: 1947
Description: Cover of a public relations booklet outlining the Gatti-Hallicrafters expedition to British East Africa. Features a color photograph of Italian explorer At...
Magazine or Periodical

International Trail Magazine Cover of Gatti Expedition

Date: 07 1938
Description: Front cover of International Trail magazine featuring images of the expedition of Attilio Gatti to the Belgian Congo in Africa. Includes a color ill...
Map or Atlas

Voyages Of Samuel de Champlain

Date: 1632
Description: The Wisconsin portion of Champlain's 1632 map, augmented since the previous one, for navigation according to the true Meridien, by Sieur de Champlain. The ...
Map or Atlas

Autograph Map of the Mississippi River

Date: 1673
Description: Facsimile of the autograph map of the Mississippi or Conception River drawn by Father Marquette at the time of his voyage. From the original preserved at S...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Northwestern Territories

Date: 1820
Description: Map of the Northwestern Territories of the United State showing the track pursued by the Expedition in 1820.
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof Featuring Commander Gatti

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color photographs relating to an expedition to Africa by explorer Attilio Gatti. Includes images of n...
Map or Atlas

Forgotten Trail

Date: 1919
Description: This map depicts the route of the 1842 overland trip by wagon made by the Reverend Alfred Brunson and some copper miners from Prairie du Chien to the mouth...
Map or Atlas

Improved Map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin on a Scale of 30 Geographical Miles to an Inch

Date: 1835
Description: This hand-colored map shows the area from Michigan west to the Missouri River and Lake Winnipeg, and includes expedition routes of Stephen H. Long and Henr...
Map or Atlas

Improved map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin (pronounced Wisconsin)

Date: 1836
Description: This map depicts Wisconsin and Michigan territories in 1836. It includes the area from Michigan to the Missouri River and Lake Winnipeg, and it shows the e...
Print

Commander Gatti's Jungle Yacht Ad

Date: 1938
Description: Advertisement for International trucks, featuring Commander Attilio Gatti and his wife with their "jungle yachts" in the "Belgian Congo." International mad...
Map or Atlas

Map of Schoolcraets [sic] Portage

Date: 1936
Description: This manuscript map shows the route traveled by the Schoolcraft expedition in July 1831 between the Namekagon River and Lake Owen in the Town of Cable, Bay...
Map or Atlas

Outgamis Lake

Date: 1905
Description: This pictorial representation of part of Lake Winnebago and the Fox River in 1703, showing interactions between white beaver hunters and the Iroquois is ta...
Map or Atlas

Facsimile of the Autograph Map of the Mississippi or Conception River

Date: 1876
Description: Between May and September 1673, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet crossed what is now Wisconsin and traveled down the Mississippi River as far as A...
Map or Atlas

Map of Rainy Lake Gold Region

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Description: A geological map of the Rainy Lake region in Minnesota and Ontario.
Map or Atlas

Map of 1910 Canoe Trip

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Description: A detailed blueprint map showing the route of Howard Greene and The Gang's canoe trip through the Rainy Lake region in 1910.

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