![[Charles Lindbergh / New York to Paris View] Spirit of St. Louis](/map/small/69235.jpg)
Spirit of St. Louis is the name of this printed cotton textile depicting the solo flight of Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris. At the left, the Lindbergh's plane flies over New York and past the Statue of Liberty. At the right, a view of...
![[Charles Lindbergh] Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis](/map/small/67114.jpg)
Unusual portrait of Charles Lindbergh on linen, which was apparently intended a a do-it-yourself sampler. The item shows a pattern intended for embroidery, but only the left side of the Lindbergh's suit jacket has been stitched with black and blue...
Fighting Labor Discrimination During World War II Large World War II broadside published by the American Government, stressing the importance of utilizing "All Americans" in the workplace and its importance in aiding the war effort. As noted by...
Charles Eames Graphic Time Line on the History of Mathematicians -- Prepared For IBM A remarkable mathematical time line, designed for IBM by the Office of Charles Eames. As noted in the introduction: This is a chronological view of mathematics as...
![[World Map -- Thomas Cavendish Portrait] Thomas Candyssh nobilis Anglus aetatis suae XXXII.](/map/small/70349.jpg)
Extremely rare early double hemisphere world map and portrait of the explorer Thomas Cavendish, celebrating his circumnavigation of the World (1586-1588). The portrait is almost certainly from the pair of portraits of Cavendish and Sir Francis Drake,...
Double hemisphere map of the World, accompanied by portraits of a number of the most important 16th and early 17th Century explorers, which was included in Willem J. Schouten's America Pars Undecima . . . , first published by De Bry in 161. The map...
Rare mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, one of the most important figures in the later Colonial history of the British Colonies in North America. Mezzotint portrait engraved by Richard Earlom after a painting by Francis Cotes. Thomas Pownall was...
A Pomeiooc Village in Virginia Interesting view of a native American settlement, based upon De Bry. Includes dwellings, domestic animals such as oxen and donkeys [?], palisades, guns or muskets, and council fire. This image is derived from Theodor...
![[Governor of Virginia] The Right Honble William Anne, Keppel, Earl of Albermarle, Viscount Bury, Baron of Ashford, Groom of the Stole, Governour & Captn General of Virginia, Colonel of the Coldstream Regiment of Fort, Lt. General of His Majesty's Forces,](/map/small/60432.jpg)
William Anne, Governor of Virginia Rare mezzotint portrait of William Anne Keppel, Second Earl of Albermarle and Governor of Virginia. Lieutenant-General Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle KG KB PC (1702 – 1754) was a British diplomat...
One of the Best Canadian Lithographs. Separately issued hand-colored lithograph of the newly-elected Chief of the Huron Tribe, by H.D. Thielcke. Lithographed by James Henry Lynch, Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen. This superbly composed...
The Greatest English Collector of the 18th Century Rare Mezzotint of Sir Hans Sloan, executed by John Faber in 1728, from a half length portrait of Sloane painted by Thomas Murray. Sir Hans Sloane Sir Hans Sloane was the first Baronet PRS FRS (1660...
![[Illustration of Foreign Attendants] [lkoku-jin zuishin no zu]](/map/small/55556.jpg)
Woodblock kawraban sheet showing two foreigners, who it seems probable are American sailors, holding an artillery gun and a spear respectively. The names appearing in the text which surrounds the two figures and the coastal scene on the left are the...
![(Commodore Perry) [Names of Japanese Sumo Wrestlers.] [Nihon rikishi namae]](/map/small/55567.jpg)
Woodblock kawaraban showing Japanese sumo wrestlers carrying straw rice-bags (one bag weighs about 60 kg) to the American ship. At the second visit by Commodore Perry in 1854 the Edo government gave Perry 200 bags of rice. On this occasion, the Edo...
![[The United States in North America | Russian Empire in Europe] [Kita-Amerika-nai Gasshukoku | Yoroppa-nai teikoku Roshia]](/map/small/55548.jpg)
This kawaraban shows the portraits of two officers, an American and a Russian, with explanatory text printed around these figures it reflects the interest in these two powerful countries following their arrival in Japan in 1853. It seems likely that...
![[American Lady] [Amerika fujin] | [Chinese Man from Nanjing] [To Daishin Nankin-jin]](/map/small/55554.jpg)
Kawaraban Illustration of a 19-year-old American Woman. Interesting woodblock kawaraban illustrating a 19-year-old American woman named "Arikisanteru" [Alexandra], and a Chinese man from Nanjing kneeling at here feet suggesting he may be her...
![[On Europe: Dutch Man, English Man, Russian Man, North American Man, and French Man] [Yoroppa no bu: Oranda-jin, Igirisu-jin, Furansu-jin, Kita-Amerika-jin, Roshia-jin]](/map/small/55553.jpg)
Hand-colored woodblock kawaraban of five western men in military uniforms. Counter-clockwise from the top right they are: Dutch, French, American, English, and Russian. The accompanying text largely focuses on Dutch seaborne trade.
