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Background imageDiscovery Collection: Fishing in Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Godefroy Engelmann

Fishing in Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Godefroy Engelmann, Jules David
Fishing in Kamchatka, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar Nicholas I

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Dwelling of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Godefroy Engelmann

Dwelling of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Godefroy Engelmann, Jules David
Dwelling of Kamchatka, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar Nicholas I

Background imageDiscovery Collection: View of Kosrae Island, Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz

View of Kosrae Island, Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Godefroy Engelmann
View of Kosrae Island, Caroline Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned

Background imageDiscovery Collection: View of the entrance to Avacha Bay, taken from Starichkov Island, 19th century

View of the entrance to Avacha Bay, taken from Starichkov Island, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Vegetation of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz

Vegetation of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Louis-Pierre-Alphonse Bichebois
Vegetation of Kamchatka, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar Nicholas

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Kamchatka, Hunting Puffins, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam

Kamchatka, Hunting Puffins, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam, Godefroy Engelmann
Kamchatka, Hunting Puffins, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Vegetation in the interior of the Kamchatka peninsula, 19th century

Vegetation in the interior of the Kamchatka peninsula, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz
Vegetation in the interior of the Kamchatka peninsula, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Vegetation around the settlement of Novo-Arkhangelsk (northwest coast of America), 19th century

Vegetation around the settlement of Novo-Arkhangelsk (northwest coast of America), 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world

Background imageDiscovery Collection: View of the Interior, Luzon Island, Philippines, 19th century

View of the Interior, Luzon Island, Philippines, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam
View of the Interior, Luzon Island, Philippines, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Dwelling at Valparaiso, Chile, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam

Dwelling at Valparaiso, Chile, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam, Godefroy Engelmann
Dwelling at Valparaiso, Chile, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Inhabitants of Ounalacheka with their canoes (Aleutian Islands), 19th century

Inhabitants of Ounalacheka with their canoes (Aleutian Islands), 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Dwelling at Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz

Dwelling at Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam
Dwelling at Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Dwelling of Two Shipwrecked Europeans in Port Lloyd of Peel Island, Bonin Islands, 19th century

Dwelling of Two Shipwrecked Europeans in Port Lloyd of Peel Island, Bonin Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Dwelling at Guam, Mariana Islands, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam

Dwelling at Guam, Mariana Islands, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam
Dwelling at Guam, Mariana Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Hunters of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam

Hunters of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam
Hunters of Kamchatka, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar Nicholas I

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Inhabitants of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam

Inhabitants of Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam, Jean Louis Tirpenne
Inhabitants of Kamchatka, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar

Background imageDiscovery Collection: View of the Kamchatka River Kamchatka peninsula, 19th century. Creator: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz

View of the Kamchatka River Kamchatka peninsula, 19th century. Creator: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz
View of the Kamchatka River Kamchatka peninsula, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageDiscovery Collection: View of the port of St Peter and St Paul, Kamchatka, 19th century

View of the port of St Peter and St Paul, Kamchatka, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz
View of the port of St Peter and St Paul, Kamchatka, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Departure for an excursion to the island of Ualan (the Carolinas), 19th century

Departure for an excursion to the island of Ualan (the Carolinas), 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Hunting the Stag of the Mariana Islands, Guam Island, 19th century

Hunting the Stag of the Mariana Islands, Guam Island, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz
Hunting the Stag of the Mariana Islands, Guam Island, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Siberian Cossacks Exploring New Lands, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin

Siberian Cossacks Exploring New Lands, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin
Siberian Cossacks Exploring New Lands, 19th century. One of 21 watercolors (out of an original 27) from an album relating to the history of the Siberian Cossacks held by the Rare Books Department of

Background imageDiscovery Collection: The Dauphin Map of the World, (1546), 1912. Artist: Pierre Desceliers

The Dauphin Map of the World, (1546), 1912. Artist: Pierre Desceliers
The Dauphin Map of the World, 1546. After Pierre Desceliers, (c1500-1558) Planisphere which is sometimes refered to as the Dauphin Map. The map was created for King Henri II of France (1519-1559)

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone preaching from a wagon, Africa, 19th century

Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone preaching from a wagon, Africa, 19th century. Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Mirror Lake, Adirondacks, New York, c1897. Creator: Unknown

Mirror Lake, Adirondacks, New York, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Mirror Lake, Adirondacks, New York, c1897. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co. London, c1897]

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Natural Bridge, Virginia, c1897. Creator: Unknown

Natural Bridge, Virginia, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Natural Bridge, Virginia, c1897. Natural arch in limestone gorge of Cedar Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia purchased by Thomas Jefferson from King George III of England for 20 shillings in 1774

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Niagara Falls, c1897. Creator: Unknown

Niagara Falls, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Niagara Falls, c1897. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co. London, c1897]

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Christopher Columbus autograph letter written to his son Diego on 5th February 1505

Christopher Columbus autograph letter written to his son Diego on 5th February 1505, it was given by Vespucci to the son of Columbus

Background imageDiscovery Collection: A rum-running boat caught smuggling in 2000 bottles, USA, 1920s

A rum-running boat caught smuggling in 2000 bottles, USA, 1920s. The sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned in the United States under the Eighteenth Amendment

Background imageDiscovery Collection: The First map to Show America, (1500) 1912

The First map to Show America, (1500) 1912
The First map to Show America, 1500 (1912). After the map of Juan de la Cosa (c1450-1510), 1500. The map or chart is a mappa mundi painted on parchment

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Western Franz Josef Land, 1899

Western Franz Josef Land, 1899. Map showing discoveries and sledge journeys from 1894 to 1897. From an account of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz-Josef Land in the Arctic

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Christopher Columbus before the Council at Salamanca, Spain, 1487

Christopher Columbus before the Council at Salamanca, Spain, 1487. Columbus (1451-1506) making an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the council appointed by King Ferdinand II of Spain to fund his

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Tomb of Amun-her-khepeshef, son of Rameses II, Thebes, Egypt, 20th century

Tomb of Amun-her-khepeshef, son of Rameses II, Thebes, Egypt, 20th century. Amun-her-khepeshef was the firstborn son of Rameses II and Nefertari

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 13th century BC

Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 13th century BC. Painting in the tomb of the 19th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Seti I who ruled Egypt from c1290 until 1279 BC

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Marco Polo sailing from Venice in 1271, (15th century)

Marco Polo sailing from Venice in 1271, (15th century). Together with his father and uncle, Venetian traveller and merchant Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Gold and lapis lazuli funerary mask of Tutankhamun, King of Egypt, c1323 BC

Gold and lapis lazuli funerary mask of Tutankhamun, King of Egypt, c1323 BC. Tutankhamun came to the throne as a young boy in 1333 BC

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Artist: N Chevalier

Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Artist: N Chevalier
Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Between 1845 and 1851 British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894)

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Tesselated Roman Pavement at Dorchester, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Tesselated Roman Pavement at Dorchester, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Tesselated Roman Pavement at Dorchester, 1858....a very beautiful and perfect Roman pavement was discovered [in the grounds of the County Prison]

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Kazuenokami Kato Kiyomasa Observing a Monkey with a Writing Brush, 1883

Kazuenokami Kato Kiyomasa Observing a Monkey with a Writing Brush, 1883. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kazuenokami Kato Kiyomasa Observing a Monkey with a Writing Brush, 1883. Series: Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Background imageDiscovery Collection: The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812. Creator: CW Eckersberg

The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812. Creator: CW Eckersberg
The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812

Background imageDiscovery Collection: A Stretch of Coast in Greenland. Midnight, 1872. Creator: Carl Rasmussen

A Stretch of Coast in Greenland. Midnight, 1872. Creator: Carl Rasmussen
A Stretch of Coast in Greenland. Midnight, 1872

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Girl with a Candle, 1657-1658. Creator: Gerrit Dou

Girl with a Candle, 1657-1658. Creator: Gerrit Dou
Girl with a Candle, 1657-1658

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Noah Leaving the Ark, 1649-1685. Creator: Adam Colonia

Noah Leaving the Ark, 1649-1685. Creator: Adam Colonia
Noah Leaving the Ark, 1649-1685

Background imageDiscovery Collection: The Astrolabe of Sir Francis Drake, in Greenwich Hospital, 1856. Creator: Unknown

The Astrolabe of Sir Francis Drake, in Greenwich Hospital, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Astrolabe of Sir Francis Drake, in Greenwich Hospital, 1856....instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars, once belonging to the famous Drake...This instrument

Background imageDiscovery Collection: 'An Interesting Discovery';from a picture by Elizabeth Gardner, 1890. Creator: Unknown

"An Interesting Discovery";from a picture by Elizabeth Gardner, 1890. Creator: Unknown
" An Interesting Discovery" ; from a picture by Elizabeth Gardner, 1890

Background imageDiscovery Collection: 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Creator: Chris Suspect

1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Creator: Chris Suspect
1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Bedcover Showing the Landing of Columbus, Italy, 1750 / 1800. Creator: Unknown

Bedcover Showing the Landing of Columbus, Italy, 1750 / 1800. Creator: Unknown
Bedcover Showing the Landing of Columbus, Italy, 1750/1800

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Contraband at the Hospital (plate 26), 1843. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque

Contraband at the Hospital (plate 26), 1843. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Contraband at the Hospital (plate 26), 1843

Background imageDiscovery Collection: Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680

Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680
Clodius Disguised as a Woman, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680. Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans, after a design by Justus van Egmont



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