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Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
Cover title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s new handy map of Alaska showing new towns and gold fields, accompanied by a new map of North America showing relative position of Alaska to all parts of the continent. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. ...
Shows eastern tip of Asian continent, including Kamchatka with northwestern North America mostly blank west of Hudson's Bay. Includes notes on circumstances and veracity of various discoveries. Relief shown pictorially. From: Histoire generale...
Shows the Americas with California as an island and Greenland as part of a great polar continent. Sheet 1 of a two part set titled: Carte generale de toutes les costes du monde et les pays nouvellement decouvert, dressee sur les relations les plus...
Title from image. Photograph of Multnomah Falls, claiming it is a 620 foot drop. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two of many such falls along the Columbia River Highway. The bridge on the left (94-70-955) carries the highway; but on the...
Title from image. Photograph of Wahkeena Falls. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two of many such falls along the Columbia River Highway. The bridge on the left (94-70-955) carries the highway; but on the right (94-70-954) that bridge just...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows routes of various exploratory voyages. Land on the American continent north and east of Chukotka has the legend, "A great tract of land discovered in 1722 to which the Tzutzy fled when they were pursued by the...
Relief shown by hachures. In color. On verso: Lloyd's topographical railway map of North America, or, the United States continent in 1900. New York : J.T. Lloyd, 1866.
Shows shipping routes. Shows North and Central America including Greenland and Iceland; north coast of Greenland undefined and partial coasts of "Ellesmere Land" and "Grinnell Land." Includes legend and testimonials. Relief shown by hachures and...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Shows Van Dieman's Land and New Guinea attached to the continent and the mythical Compagnie Land north of Japan. Relief shown pictorially. "Les Indies sont corrigees par M. Daprais, capitaine des Vaisseaux de la compagnie." Decorative...
View of signs in Valdez, Alaska. Signs read: "Motel Valdez Alaska small boat launching area", and "Have fun at Valdez the Switzerland of Alaska. Valdez is the farthest north, ice free port, on the North American continent. Columbia Glacier &...
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of an Alaskan Air Command radar installation. From verso: "HQ AAC -- Early warning -- BMEWS Site 2, at Clear, Alaska boasts three AN/FPS-50 fixed detection radars. Clear was the second operational site in the...
Sign for Earthquake Park, where huge tracts of land slid into the Inlet during 1964 Alaska Earthquake, in Anchorage, Alaska. Seal with totem pole and Alaska flag at left. Sign reads: "Alaska Purchase Centennial 1867-1967. Earthquake Park. 'And...