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Map of Virginia Coast

Date: 1655
Description: Map of Virginia Coast based on observations by Captain John Smith.
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Fourth Voyage of Columbus; Battle in Jamaica against Francisco Poraz

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Christopher Columbus' fourth voyage, 1502-1504.
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Vespucci Arrives in Paria; Customs of the Indians

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from the Vespucci Expedition, 1499.
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Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France : ou sont les Nations des Ilinois, de Tracy, les Iroquois, et plusieurs autres peuples; avec la Louisiane nouvellement decouverte etc.

Date: 1688
Description: This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river...
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Chicahominys Become "New Englishmen"

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614. The Chickahominy tribe's proximity to Jamestown meant they had early contact with the English....
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Captain John Smith Taken Prisoner by the French during a Storm at Sea

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1615.
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Algonquian Indians massacre Virginia settlers in 1622

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Jamestown Settlement, 1622, purporting to show the massacre of 347 settlers by Openchancanough and his alliance of tribes in the Jamestown area.
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Dress of the Indians

Date: 1655
Description: Depicts Indians encountered on the Barlowe and Amadas Expedition in Virgina, ca. 1584.
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Constructing Boats

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a watercolor painting by John White during the Barlowe Expedition in Virginia, 1585-1587.
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English and Mermaids

Date: 1655
Description: Scene of the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614 showing men at the water's edge being beckoned by mermaids.
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Indian Techniques of Fishing and Stag-hunting

Date: 1655
Description: Scene near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614.
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Columbus at Banquet

Date: 1655
Description: Christopher Columbus, ca. 1492.
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Columbus Departs Spain

Date: 1655
Description: Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492.
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Columbus Meets with a Cacique in Marien Province, Haiti

Date: 1655
Description: Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492.
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Columbus Is Sent Back to Spain a Prisoner with His Brother Bartholomew

Date: 1655
Description: Scene on Hispaniola in 1500, when Columbus was forced to return to Spain after a new adminstrator had arrived.
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Laudonnière Observes Natives of Florida Worshipping the Column Bearing Coat of Arms of the King of France Erected by Captain Ribaut

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) during the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
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Marriage Request

Date: 1655
Description: Scene near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1614 in which Ralph Hamor tells Powhatan that he has been sent by Sir Thomas Dale to request his youngest daug...
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Lac Superieur et autres lieux ou sont les Missions des Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus comprises sous le nom D’outaouacs

Date: 1670
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...
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Miwok Ceremony of Welcome to the Dead

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Drake Expedition on coast of California, ca. 1579. Francis Drake on the Coast of New Albion, California.

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