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Background imageNew World Collection: Missouri River, below Great Falls, Montana, c1897. Creator: Unknown

Missouri River, below Great Falls, Montana, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Missouri River, below Great Falls, Montana, c1897. Named by William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805, most water is now diverted to a hydroelectric plant at the Ryan Dam

Background imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The Brazilian monkey (Pithecia Satanas) is from the banks of the Amazon

Background imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. '@the oppossum (Didelphys virginidux)

Background imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. 'These have all been imported from various parts of the American continent

Background imageNew World Collection: A slave catcher (Capitão do mato). From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

A slave catcher (Capitão do mato). From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
A slave catcher (Capit£o do mato). From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Chief of the Charrúas. From 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil', 1830s

Chief of the Charrúas. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil", 1830s
Chief of the Charruas. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil", 1830s. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Nègresses de Rio-Janeiro. From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

Nègresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Negresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: The coast near Bahia. From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

The coast near Bahia. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
The coast near Bahia. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Acclamation of Pedro I in Rio de Janeiro on 12 October 1822, 1830s

Acclamation of Pedro I in Rio de Janeiro on 12 October 1822, 1830s. Creator: Debret, Jean-Baptiste (1768-1848)
Acclamation of Pedro I in Rio de Janeiro on 12 October 1822. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil", 1830s. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: The Signal of Retreat (Coroados). From 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil', 1830s

The Signal of Retreat (Coroados). From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil", 1830s
The Signal of Retreat (Coroados). From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil", 1830s. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Fishermen of Ilhéus. From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

Fishermen of Ilhéus. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Fishermen of Ilheus. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Tiger hunting. From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835. Creator: Rugendas, Johann Moritz (1802-1858)
Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: View of Rio de Janeiro. From 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil', 1835

View of Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
View of Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Plan of the city of Rio de Janeiro. From 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil', 1830s

Plan of the city of Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil", 1830s
Plan of the city of Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil", 1830s. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Landing of Archduchess Maria Leopoldina in Rio de Janeiro on 5 November 1817, 1830s

Landing of Archduchess Maria Leopoldina in Rio de Janeiro on 5 November 1817, 1830s
Landing of Archduchess Maria Leopoldina in Rio de Janeiro on 5 November 1817. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil", 1830s. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Cabocle. From 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil', 1830s

Cabocle. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil", 1830s
Cabocle. From "Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil", 1830s. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Theatrum Orbis Terrarium, 1592. Creator: Unknown

Theatrum Orbis Terrarium, 1592. Creator: Unknown
Theatrum Orbis Terrarium, 1592. Called the first modern atlas, adapted from Mercator's world map; large coloured atlas with Ptolemy's Geographia, 1592; continents

Background imageNew World Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Background imageNew World Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Background imageNew World Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Background imageNew World Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Background imageNew World Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Background imageNew World Collection: Native Americans, 1671. Creator: Unknown

Native Americans, 1671. Creator: Unknown
Native Americans, 1671. Native People at War, Tribal Dancing. Illustration from "America: being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World; containing the original of

Background imageNew World Collection: Portrait du combat entre les Sauvages Toüoupinambaoults et Margaias Amériquains

Portrait du combat entre les Sauvages Toüoupinambaoults et Margaias Amériquains
Portrait du combat entre les Sauvages Tououpinambaoults et Margaias Ameriquains. From "Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du, 1580. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Brazilian Indian warriors taking a prisoner. From 'Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil'

Brazilian Indian warriors taking a prisoner. From "Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil"
Brazilian Indian warriors taking a prisoner. From "Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil" by Jean de Lery, 1580. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Brazil. As savages make war against each other... From Cosmografia universal by André Thevet, 1558

Brazil. As savages make war against each other... From Cosmografia universal by André Thevet, 1558
Brazil. As savages make war against each other... From Cosmografia universal by Andre Thevet, 1558. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Orontius Finaeus, 1531, reprinted 1889. Creator: Unknown

Orontius Finaeus, 1531, reprinted 1889. Creator: Unknown
Orontius Finaeus, 1531, reprinted 1889. Top: Terra Australis on the left. Europe, Russia, the North Pole, China and northern Africa on the right

Background imageNew World Collection: Columbus taking possession of the Island of St Salvador; Columbus and his Discoveries 1492, 1854

Columbus taking possession of the Island of St Salvador; Columbus and his Discoveries 1492, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Columbus taking possession of the Island of St Salvador; Columbus and his Discoveries 1492, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageNew World Collection: The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). Creator: C. Howard

The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). Creator: C. Howard
The Pilgrim Fathers Leaving England, (1902). English puritans on their way to north America. Quakers on board the Mayflower landed in 1620

Background imageNew World Collection: Columbus Memorial - Statue of Columbus, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Columbus Memorial - Statue of Columbus, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Columbus Memorial - Statue of Columbus, 1912
Columbus Memorial - Statue of Columbus, 1912. [The Columbus Fountain, also known as the Columbus Memorial, was unveiled in Washington, D.C. in 1912. It was designed by Lorado Taft]

Background imageNew World Collection: Le Romance du Cortés (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1815

Le Romance du Cortés (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1815. Creator: Favre-Petitpierre et Cie
Le Romance du Cortes (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1815. Cortez Recevoie une Esclave Sans Rancon, [Cortez Recieves a (female)

Background imageNew World Collection: The Defeat of Narvaez, 1849. Creator: Unknown

The Defeat of Narvaez, 1849. Creator: Unknown
The Defeat of Narvaez, 1849. Defeat of 16th-century Spanish conquistador Panfilo de Narvaez. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D

Background imageNew World Collection: The Cathedral of Havannah, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Cathedral of Havannah, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Cathedral of Havannah, [Cuba], 1850. The exterior has no pretension to architectural beauty. The structure, of stone, is simple

Background imageNew World Collection: America, or the New World: From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570, 1570

America, or the New World: From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570, 1570
America, or the New World: From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570, (1936). From The Connoisseur, Vol. 98, edited by H. Granville Fell. [International Studio, London, 1936]

Background imageNew World Collection: The First Representation of the People of the New World, (1505), 1912. Artist: Johann Froschauer

The First Representation of the People of the New World, (1505), 1912. Artist: Johann Froschauer
The First Representation of the People of the New World, 1505. This image purports to show cannibalism amongst the people of the so called New World

Background imageNew World Collection: The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists, 1783

The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists, 1783. [Is this a Peace, when Loyalists must bleed? It is a Bloody Piece of work indeed]

Background imageNew World Collection: The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. The Great Pyramid of Cholula was an important religious and mythical centre in prehispanic times

Background imageNew World 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 imageNew World 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 imageNew World 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 imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. '...the pileated jay (Cyanocorax cyanopogon)

Background imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The blue tanager (Orchesticus ater)...[is] from the forests of Brazil

Background imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea), from Jamaica; and the little green bittern

Background imageNew World Collection: Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The American cuckoo (Guvia piririgua) is of very lively and peculiar habits

Background imageNew World Collection: Le Romance du Cortes (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1815

Le Romance du Cortes (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1815. Cortez Recevoie une Esclave Sans Rancon, [Cortez Recieves a (female)

Background imageNew World Collection: The washing of diamonds, Curralinho, 1823-1831. Creator: Meier (Meyer), E

The washing of diamonds, Curralinho, 1823-1831. Creator: Meier (Meyer), E
The washing of diamonds, Curralinho. From: Reise in Brasilien by Johann Baptist Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp Martius, 1823-1831. Private Collection

Background imageNew World Collection: Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock... 1873

Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock... 1873. Creator: Tim O'Sullivan
Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock, N.M. Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1873. -Lieut. Geo. M



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