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| Date: | 1697 |
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| Description: | Father Hennepin's map in French of the upper lakes. |
| Date: | 1671 |
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| Description: | Photostat of map of Lac Tracy Ou Superieur (Lake Superior). Portions of Lac des Illinois (Lake Michigan) and Lac des Hurons (Lake Huron) are also shown. Gr... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492. |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492. |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Map from Drake Expedition, ca. 1585. |
| Date: | 1632 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity... |
| Date: | 1670 |
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| Description: | This map is in French and shows Lac Tracy ov Superieur (Lake Superior), Baye des Puans (Green Bay), and portions of Lac des Ilinois (Lake Michigan) and Lac... |
| Date: | 1673 |
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| Description: | P. Marquette en Joliet, gedan in't jaar 1673. |
| Date: | 1673 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1610 |
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| Description: | A map of New France, including parts of the United States and Canada, to illustrate the Jesuit relations and allied documents. There is some handwriting an... |
| Date: | 1610 |
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| Description: | A map of New France, including parts of the United States and Canada, to illustrate the Jesuit relations and allied documents. |
| Date: | 1698 |
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| Description: | Copperplate engraving. Scale [ca. 1:11,500,00]. |
| Date: | 1688 |
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| Description: | This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river... |
| Date: | 1625 |
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| Description: | An illustrated map of the world with captions in Latin. Illustrations include depictions of the seasons and the elements. |
| Date: | 1698 |
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| Description: | An illustration of two men looking out at Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls in Jean Louis Hennepin’s A new discovery of a vast country in America (London: M... |
| Date: | 1696 |
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| Description: | Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standin... |
| Date: | 1696 |
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| Description: | This sea chart and topographical map depicts the north east coast of Canada and North America, focusing on the Hudson Bay and Great Lakes regions. It shows... |
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