From de Bry's Zwolffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist, Grundliche volkommene Entdeckung aller der west indianischen Landschafften, insuln vnd Konigreichen..., with a small depiction of the Americas surrounded by annotated illustrations of explorers...
Shows North America and parts of Asia, South America, France and great Britain. Northern Canada labeled "Parts Unknown." Lower right margin: "89 H." Lower left margin: "4 G." Outline color.
Shows tracks of various ships. Insets: Chart of the territories discovered & examined by the searching expeditions under the command of Cap. Austin & Cap. Penny, 1851 -- Beechey Island, site of Sir J. Franklin's winter quarters, 1845-1846. Plate...
Insets: Chart of the territories discovered & examined by the searching expeditions under the command of Cap. Austin & Cap. Penny, 1851 -- Beechey Island, site of Sir J. Franklin's winter quarters, 1845-1846. From Bartholomew's Supplement to...
Title from verso. Image shows a man leaning over a grave in the snow on the side of a mountain. A shovel and a wooden pole mark the location of the grave. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley...
Title from verso. Theodore Koven's body was discovered near the head of Muldrow Glacier on Mount McKinley by the Lindley-Liek Expedition in 1932. Theodore Koven and Allen Carpe were scientists working on a high altitude cosmic ray research...
5 maps on one sheet. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography." Components: Chart of the new northern archipelago, discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir -- Chart of...
Title taken from caption. Photograph of Felix Pedro who discovered gold in the Fairbanks District in July 22, 1902. The Photo was presented by the Igloo Pioneers of Alaska. Felix Pedro's discovery of gold played a part in the founding of...
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...
Ms. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Mounted on cloth; edges bound with gilded paper. "From a vast choice…collected with great care and expenses by Samuel Engel." "Geographically projected by Rodolph de Vall-Travers."
Relief shown pictorially. Shows Hudson Bay east to Bering Strait; north coasts of Greenland, Canada and Alaska incomplete. Includes explanatory text. No. 70 of A complete system of geography.
Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Shows Hudson Bay east to Bering Strait; north coasts of Greenland, Canada and Alaska incomplete. Includes explanatory text. "No. 110."
Published in [1747?]. Scale not given W180 00, E180 00, N90...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A drilling rig sends out a spray of steam during exploratory work at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. The well which discovered the huge oil field had previously been drilled but additional wells, such as...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from stereograph. "343-13329 -- Eskimo Girls and part of Crew of Steamship Eric at Uper-Navik, northernmost Danish trading post, Greenland"
"Upernavik is the northernmost Danish trading post in Greenland. Greenland, as you...
Title taken from caption. "John Folger - Discoverer, Prospector, Trapper. Innoko River (Folger Creek) 1884. Discovered Gold in Koyukuk (Tramway Bar) 1894. Trapped on Kantishna River. Died There in 1931. Made an Early Arrival on Yukon River,...
Title taken from caption. "Frank Jiles - Trapped 1918-33 -- Minchumina, Native of West Virginia. Grade A Trapper." Note from the back of the photograph reads: "1910 - 33 Drowned at Fish L. Discovered: Copper Mtn Boulder Ck. Galena. Trapped...