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Depictions of Algonquian Individuals

Date: 1616
Description: Illustration of four Algonquian Indians. E depicts a man dressed for combat in wood armor. F shows a woman in her regular dress carrying a child and an ear...
Drawing

Depictions of Algonquian Individuals

Date: 1615
Description: Drawings of four Native Americans. A and C are dressed for combat. B appears to be a woman carrying and nursing an infant, and D is wearing winter garb, in...
Map or Atlas

World Map

Date: 1625
Description: An illustrated map of the world with captions in Latin. Illustrations include depictions of the seasons and the elements.
Print

Niagara Falls

Date: 1698
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...
Map or Atlas

Canada ou Nouvelle France

Date: 1683
Description: Map of the north east coast of North America showing islands, regions, Native American land, bays, and a few European settlements. The Great Lakes appear i...
Map or Atlas

Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date: 1667
Description: Map of Virginia depicting the discoveries detailed by John Smith in his exploration of the region. It shows Jamestown, Native American tribes and villages,...
Map or Atlas

America Septentrionalis

Date: 1636
Description: Map of North America, divided into regions, and showing some rivers, lakes, settlements, cities, mountains, and Native American land. Of the Great Lakes on...
Map or Atlas

Carte Universelle du Monde Vulgairement dite la Mappemonde: Avec de Nouvelles Observations Touchant les Navigations de Long Cours Par P. Du-Val. Amerique Septemtrionale

Date: 1684
Description: Map of North America showing some colonies, cities, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Ship routes spread across both oceans, including one decorated...
Map or Atlas

Americæ Nova Tabula

Date: 1630
Description: One of the few maps by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu depicting the Americas, this map shows regions, settlements, islands, mountains, forests, rivers, an...
Print

How Indians Treat Their Sick

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Map or Atlas

America with those Known Parts in that Unknowne Worlde both People and Manner of Buildings

Date: 1627
Description: Map of North and South America showing settlements, rivers, lakes, mountains, islands and regions of the western hemisphere. It includes an inset map of Gr...
Historical Essay

Wild Rice

A Brief History of one of Wisconsin's Earliest Crops
Discover the history of wild rice in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

The Fur Trade Era: 1650s to 1850s

A Short History of Wisconsin
Print

Columbus Departs Spain

Date: 1655
Description: Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492.
Historical Essay

The Man With the Iron Hand

A Frenchman's Disastrous Expedition
Learn about explorer Robert de La Salle's iron-handed chief lieutenant, Henri de Tonty, and what resulted in the worst winter of his life.
Classroom Material

Chapter 4: The Fur Trade Era: Exploration and Exchange

Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'

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