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Carte de la riviere Longue : et de quelques autres, qui se dechargent ...

Map 1 covers area of Minnesota River, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Mississippi River south to Saint Louis. Map 2 covers the area west of the Minnesota River. Both maps drawn within same neat lines, divided... More

Carte de la Californie : suivant I. la Carte manuscrite de l'Amérique ...

Carte du Missouri : levee ou rectifiée dans toute son etendue /

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A map of part of the continent of North America : between the 35th and...

Relief shown by shading. Covers western North America, from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, including southern Canada and northern Mexico. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also throug... More

Louisiana. Historic map, Library of Congress

From Arrowsmith & Lewis New and Elegant General Atlas, 1804. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Captain Clark and his men building a line of huts

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Captain Clark and his men shooting bears

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

An American having struck a bear but not killed him, escapes into a tr...

Bear looking up at man in tree. Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the year... More

A canoe striking on a tree - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

Captain Lewis shooting an Indian

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacio...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Spanish manuscript map of Spanish Texas, Louisiana Territory and the Trans-Mississippi West, prepared for the use by the Spanish Crown in defending its claims to Spanis... More

Missouri territory formerly Louisiana.

Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Missouri territory formerly Louisiana.

Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory depicted differently from other copies (42nd and 49th parallels) Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains

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Map showing the lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas an...

From: [Documents concerning Col. Henry Dodge's expedition to the Rocky Mountains], House Document 181, 24th Cong., 1st session, 1835-36, serial 289. LC Many nations, 200 Exhibition: Indians of North America, Li... More

Map of the territory west of the Rocky Mountains /

Relief shown by hachures. From: The Rocky Mountains; or, scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far west; digested from the journal of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States, and illust... More

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842...

Relief shown by hachures. State 2: Does not include notes or Great Basin statement. Shows place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states. LC Trails, no. 223 Available also t... More

Map of Texas and the countries adjacent.

"Published by order of the U.S. Senate." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842...

Relief shown by hachures. State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states. "Published in Report of the exploring expeditio... More

A new map of Texas, Oregon and California.

No. 15 map of Oregon and Upper California

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Military reconnaissance of the Arkansas, Rio del Norte and Rio Gila

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Map of Oregon and upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fr...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows area of U.S. west of the Continental Divide. Includes notes and "Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the Rock... More

Map of Oregon and upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fr...

Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC copy annotated in red ink to show boundaries and names of states and territories. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows area of U.S. w... More

Map of Oregon and upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fr...

Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Annotated on verso in black ink: California & Oregon 1848. Millard Fillmore. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows area of U.S. west of t... More

Map of the emigrant road from Independence Mo. to St. Francisco, Calif...

A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : from St. Lo...

"The red line indicates the route of the Railroad. The green line is the route followed by Col. Fremont from the South Pass to Humboldt River."

Emigrant party on the road to California

Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains. Illus. in: California: its past history; its present position; its future prospects. London : The proprietors, 1850, frontispiece. Publishe... More

[Map of the upper Great Plains and Rocky Mountains region] /

Shows territories of various North American Indian tribes. Relief shown by hachures. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 709 Cohen, Paul E. Ma... More

New map of California, Oregon, Washington, Utah and New Mexico /

Shows state and county boundary lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by J, Disturnell in the Clerk Office of the District ... of New York." LC copy imperfect: Stained, fold lines throug... More

Spanish peaks Rio de la Laguna. Sierra de la Plata G.H. Heap del. ; li...

Prints show a man sitting on a rock with a horse grazing nearby, he is looking across "Rio de la Laguna" river valley at the mountains in the background; second image shows two men on a bluff looking across th... More

Rio Colorado, near the Mojave villages, from an island looking north d...

Men pulling boat and wading across river. Indians and other men with supplies on shore in foreground. Illus. from: U.S. Pacific railroad explorations and surveys. 47th and 49th parallels. House executive docume... More

Skeleton map exhibiting the route explored by Capt. J. W. Gunnison U.S...

Scale 1:3,168,000. Relief shown by hachures. From Pacific Railroad Series, Vol 4. LC Railroad maps, 164 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

Bivouac, Jan 26 drawn by H.B. Mollhausen

Three men around campfire. Illus. from: U.S. Pacific railroad explorations and surveys. 47th and 49th parallels. House executive document 129, 33rd Congress, 1st Session. Itinerary.

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Report of the Secretary of War on the several Pacific railroad explorations, 1855. "This is a hurried compilation of all the authentic ... More

Hot springs at source of Lou Lou Fork, Bitter Root Mountains, looking ...

Print showing mountainous landscape with pine trees in foreground. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bivouac, January 28 J.C. Tidball ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New...

Four men on hill. Illus. from: U.S. Pacific railroad explorations and surveys. 47th and 49th parallels. House executive document 129, 33rd Congress, 1st Session. Topl. Report.

Hell Gate, entrance to Cadotte's Pass from the west / Stanley, Del. ; ...

Print showing mountainous landscape with two Native American men in foreground.

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the ...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC copy annotated in color to show Indian reservations and military departments, and colored flags to show military establishments. Two copies. Copy... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Very detailed map of the United States west of the Mississippi River indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, forts, trails, wagon roads, and routes of exploration. An important map of western... More

Map illustrating the general geological features of the country west o...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Map of the United States west of the Mississippi showing the routes to...

Detailed general map framed in decorative borders showing drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, and the transportation and communication networks. An excellent example of a promotional map to encourage ... More

General map of the United States & their territory between the Mississ...

Gold mines are indicated in yellow and silver mines in blue. Indicates post routes, "old trail," finished and unfinished railroads, and the proposed state of "Colona." Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown by hac... More

Routes to the Pikes Peak gold regions.

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections

Public domain scan of a railway map, transportation, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC copy annotated in pencil. Shows military departments, posts, routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes list of "Authori... More

Map of the routes of the Union Pacific Rail Roads with their eastern c...

Strip map of the western United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean showing relief by hachures, drainage, minerals, cities and towns, and forts. Includes completed and proposed railroads. Sca... More

Map of part of the United States exhibiting the principal mail routes ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies, annotations vary.

Map showing the Houston & Texas Central Railroad and its connections, ...

Part of southwestern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale ca. 1:3,200,000. LC Railroad maps, 429 Descrip... More

Castle on the Mountain, Echo Canon

Stereograph showing a flat rock formation on top of a hill.

Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacif...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Annotated on verso: United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. 1868. Millard Fillmore, Nov. 17, 1869. Sho... More

Green River Valley, looking down the river.

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

On the mountains of Green River.

Castle Rock, Green River Valley.

Public domain image of a train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and surveys of 1864, 65, 66, 67, 18...

Topographical strip map between Council Bluffs, Iowa, to west of Great Salt Lake, Utah, showing located and experimental lines and profile of grades. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 592 Description derived... More

[Young buffalo calves near fence] - photo by William Henry Jackson

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[Young buffalo calves near fence] / W.H. Jackson, photo.

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[Young buffalo calves near fence] - photo by William Henry Jackson

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No. 10. Entrance to Black Cañon, Colorado River, from above.

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No. 6. Distant view of Camp Apache, Arizona.

No. 5. Cooley's Park, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona.

Titlepage - Early photography, Public domain image

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No. 6. Grand Cañon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking west.

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No. 7. Grand Cañon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking west.

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No. 4. North Fork Cañon, Sierra Blanca Creek, Arizona.

No. 1. Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona.

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No. 9. Historic spanish record of the conquest, south side of Inscript...

No. 1. Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, looking south.

No. 12. Looking across the Colorado River to mouth of Paria Creek.

No. 6. Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below, near Camp 7.

No. 3. Bluff opposite Big Horn Camp, Black Cañon, Colorado River.

No. 8. Black Cañon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, looking above.

No. 12. Cereus giganteus, Arizona.

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No. 16. Alpine lake, in the Sierra Nevada, California.

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No. 13. Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, mouth of Kanab Wash, lookin...

Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 2. Group of Pah-Ute [Paiute] Indians, Nevada.

No. 3. View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona : two Apache ...

No. 14. Rock carved by drifting sand, below Fortification Rock, Arizon...

No. 4. Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, looking south.

No. 1. Snow peaks, Bull Run mining district, Nevada.

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No. 9. Looking south into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz [...

Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 2. Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, looking north.

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No. 19. Section of south side of Zuni pueblo, N. M.

No. 11. Wall in the Grand Cañon, Colorado River

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No. 13. Cañon of the Colorado River, near mouth of San Juan River, Ari...

No. 7. Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below near Camp 7.

No. 8. Grand Cañon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking east.

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No. 5. Colorado River, mouth of Kanab Wash, looking west.

No. 11. Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, mouth of Kanab Wash, lookin...

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No. 4. Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below from Big Horn Camp.

No. 10. Ancient ruins in the Cañon de Chelle [Chelly], N. M. in a nich...

No. 18. Old Mission Church, Zuni pueblo, N. M.

No. 15. Cañon de Chelle [Chelly]. Walls of the Grand Cañon about 1200...

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No. 5. Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking above from Camp 7.

No. 12. Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, mouth of Kanab Wash, lookin...

Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 17. Indian pueblo, Zuni, N. M.