Date: | 1697 |
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Description: | Father Hennepin's map in French of the upper lakes. |
Date: | 1632 |
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Description: | The Wisconsin portion of Champlain's 1632 map, augmented since the previous one, for navigation according to the true Meridien, by Sieur de Champlain. The ... |
Date: | 1673 |
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Description: | P. Marquette en Joliet, gedan in't jaar 1673. |
Date: | 1688 |
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Description: | This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river... |
Explorer and Trader |
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Biography of Daniel Greysolon Sieur Duluth who helped protect the Wisconsin area against raids of the Iroquois. |
A Priest Follows Another Priest's 300-Year-Old Path to Death |
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Learn how Rev. A. A. A. Schmirler traced the path Fr. Rene Menard took in 1661 down northern Wisconsin's rivers to the likely spot of his death. |
A Frenchman's Disastrous Expedition |
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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. |
The Path of a Fur Trader and Fort Builder |
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Learn more about Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle and his impact on our history. |
Date: | 1698 |
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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... |
Date: | 1696 |
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Description: | Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standin... |
Date: | 1696 |
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Description: | This sea chart and topographical map depicts the north east coast of Canada and North America, focusing on the Hudson Bay and Great Lakes regions. It shows... |
Date: | 1698 |
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Description: | A sea chart of Hudson's Bay, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. This map shows rhumb lines extending from various points including two compass roses. Coas... |
Date: | 1627 |
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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... |
Date: | 1630 |
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Description: | One of the few maps by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu depicting the Americas, this map shows regions, settlements, islands, mountains, forests, rivers, an... |
Date: | 1675 |
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Description: | This atlas shows the western hemisphere, with a small portion of Spain and Africa. Several place names are labeled, such as the Plymouth colony, settlement... |
Date: | 1690 |
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Description: | A mysterious mixture of mythology, ancient geography, and late 17th century knowledge of the American coastline. This map shows North and South America, bu... |
Date: | 1676 |
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Description: | Detailed map of North and South America. Cities, towns, forests, and mountains are shown pictorially. Duval labels regions, islands, cities, lakes, and Nat... |
Date: | 1679 |
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Description: | Decorative and detailed map of the eastern half of North America. Regions, cities, colonies, Native America land, rivers, lakes and some nautical features ... |
Date: | 1685 |
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Description: | A detailed map of the western hemisphere showing cities, settlements, Native American land, rivers, lakes, mountains, the Great Lakes, and California as an... |
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