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MapSiege d'York, 1781. Plan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques et les campemens de l'Armée combinée … Scale ca. 1:14,640. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index and "Nota." LC Maps ofth America, 1750-1789, 1467 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…- Contributor: Querenet De La Combe
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapTo His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of … Scale ca. 1:14,400. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "References to the British lines" with illus. of ships and "Explanation" of the American and French siege operations. LC copy annotated on…- Contributor: Bauman, Sebastian - Scot, Robert
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapCharles-Town, capitale de la Caroline. Scale ca. 1:12,500. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1540 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlan de la ville de Charlestown, de ses retranchements et du siege faits par les Anglois … Scale ca. 1:10,320. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1560 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440;…- Date: 1780-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialA new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by … This compilation of British navigators' accounts of their voyages around the world covers the famous voyages of Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook, as well as expeditions by George Anson, John…- Contributor: Anderson, George William - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialA journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a … The American explorer and adventurer John Ledyard was born in Groton, Connecticut, in 1751. After studying briefly at Dartmouth College, he went to sea as a common sailor. He was forced to…- Contributor: Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress) - Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Ledyard, John
- Date: 1783
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MapCarta que contiene parte de la costa de la California. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Wagner, H. R. Cartography of the northwest coast, 708 LC Luso-Hispanic World, 81 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Magg's description on…- Contributor: Muñoz, Bernabe
- Date: 1787-01-01
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Map[Costa de Cuba desde Cabo de San Antonio a la bahía de Cardenas]. Scale ca. 1:270,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermarks: D. & C. Blauw; and, the letters DCB in a shield with a double letter. Mounted on cloth backing. Oriented with north to the…- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlano del Rio Uruguay desde Yapeyu hasta la Estancia de Sn. Gregorio Pen-and-ink and watercolor. In upper margin: No. 7o. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 117 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Varela Y Ulloa, José
- Date: 1784-01-01
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MapCarta reducida del Estrecho de Magallanes y parte de la costa del Fuego levantado en el … Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 200 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes and index. Order…- Date: 1786-01-01
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MapPlano topografico que comprende las vertientes del Arroyo Ycabaqua, las del Rio Negro y la cresta … Shows central portion of Rio Grande do Sul. Boundaries shown in red and yellow inks? Relief shown by shading. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. In upper margin: No. 4o. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 183 Available…- Contributor: Varela Y Ulloa, José
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapMap of the empire of Germany. From: Kitchin, General atlas describing the whole universe. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Delarochette, L. (Louis)
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapAsia, ěst nor ashkharhagrakan znnutʻeantsʻ : pʻoragreal i Vēnētik i Vans Srboyn Ghazaru i tʻuis merum … Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In Armenian. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes ill. in title cartouche. LC copy torn at edges, fold-lined…- Contributor: Endasian, Elia - Vankʻ Srboyn Ghazaru (Venice, Italy)
- Date: 1787-01-01
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MapLa Palestine, les tribus, et Jerusalem.
Tribus | Jerusalem Relief shown pictorially. From: Atlas universel / P. Santini. Venise : Chez Remondini, 1783?. Title cartouche shows the Ten Commandments. Laor, E. Maps of the Holy Land, 37 Available also through the…- Contributor: Remondini (Firm) - Santini, P. - Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D
- Date: 1783-01-01
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MapA chart of the Gulf Stream "This map, from the Peter Force Map Collection at the Library of Congress, was created by the Philadelphia engraver James Poupard. It was the third in a series featuring a chart of…- Contributor: Franklin, Benjamin - Poupard, James
- Date: 1786
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MapQuatre positions de la flotte française et positions de la flotte anglaise. Scale not given. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1021 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site…- Date: 1780-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe federalist : a collection of essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed … The Federalist is considered the most important work on statecraft and political theory ever written by Americans. Seventy-seven of the 85 essays that make up the work appeared in New York newspapers…- Contributor: Jay, John - Church, Angelica Schuyler - Madison, James - Chase, Samuel - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler - Hamilton, Alexander - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Jefferson, Thomas
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialSharḥ al-ʻamal al-muṭlaq : al-musammá bi-Fatḥ al-jalīl al-ṣamad fī sharḥ al-takmīl wa-al-muʻtamad
شرح العمل المطلق : المسحى بفتح الجليل الصمد في شرح التكميل والمعتمد / Lithograph. Title, table of contents, and pagination added by later hands. 10/26/98 T yh07 10-26-98- Contributor: Sijilmāsī, Muḥammad Ibn Abī Al-Qāsim
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingColeccion de estampas copiadas de las figuras originales, que de medio y baxo relieve, se manifiestan, …
Binder's title: Coleccion de estampas | Coleccion de estampas The ancient Mayan city of Palenque is located on a natural shelf in Mexico's Chiapas State. It flourished as the seat of a powerful royal court in the 7th century AD, but…- Contributor: Río, Antonio Del - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Almendariz, Ricardo
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialKōki jiten
康熙字典 | Title of preface for Japanese ed.: Honkoku Kōki jiten | Honkoku Kōki jiten This book was compiled by Zhang Yushu, Chen Tingjing, and other famous philologists and linguists from all over China in response to an edict from Emperor Shengzu in the 49th year of…- Contributor: Tsuga, Teishō - Zhang, Yushu - Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1780
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialPu Zhen ji wen : si juan
濮鎮紀聞 : 四卷 / | Title on spine of case: Chao ben Pu zhen ji wen | Chao ben Pu zhen ji wen This local history of Puzhen in Zhejiang Province, in four juan, four volumes, in manuscript format, was compiled in 1787, the 52nd year of the Qianlong period, by Hu Zhuo, who gained…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Hu, Zhuo - Zhao, You
- Date: 1787
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialMiao Man tu ce ye : bu fen juan
苗蠻圖冊頁 : 不分卷 / Preface by Fangting says that the work was initiated when he began his duties as an official in Qian (Guizhou) in the year 1784; color paintings on the right leaf, annotation of…- Contributor: Fangting - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
- Resource: Juan 1 - Image - 44
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MapKarta severozapadnogo berega Ameriki sochinennai︠a︡ kapitanom Mirsom v prodolzhenii ego puteshestvii︠a︡ v 1788-m i 89-m godakh.
Карта северозападного берега Америки сочиненная капитаном Мирсом в продолжении его путешествия в 1788-м и 89-м годах. Grav. Vodi︠a︡nye znaki. Rest. Pomety, pechati, avtografy i t.p.: pechat' Depo kart; na oborote ėkslibris Voenno-topograficheskogo Depo. Pokazany marshruty plavanii︠a︡ ėkspedit︠s︡ii angl. kapitana Mirsa na sudakh "Ifigenii︠a︡" i "Felit︠s︡a" iz Kantona k…- Contributor: Mirs
- Date: 1789-01-01
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MapKarta predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ otkrytii︠a︡ Rossiĭskikh moreplavateleĭ na Tikhom okeane i angliĭskogo kapitana Kukka.
Карта представляющая открытия Российских мореплавателей на Тихом океане и английского капитана Кукка. This 1787 map shows the voyages of the leading Russian explorers of the North Pacific: Bering, Chirikov, Krenitsyn, Shpanberg, Walton, Shel'ting, and Petushkov. It also shows the 1778-79 voyage of British Captain…- Contributor: Wilbrecht, Alexander
- Date: 1787-01-01
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MapKarta prinadlezhashchai︠a︡ k puteshestvii︠u︡ shturmana Zaĭkova.
Карта принадлежащая к путешествию штурмана Зайкова. Pokazany: marshruty iz Okhotska na Ali︠a︡sku shturmana Zaĭkova, kupt︠s︡a Kholodilova, shturmanskogo uchenika D. Polutova i peredovshchika Bragina; mesta stoi︠a︡nok angliĭskikh korableĭ.Karta severnoĭ chasti Tikhogo okeana, mezhdu Kamchatkoĭ i Ali︠a︡skoĭ, s Aleutskimi ostrovami.…- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapKarta novykh otkrytiĭ v Vostochnom Okeane.
Карта новых открытий в Восточном Океане. This Russian map of 1781 depicts parts of eastern Siberia and the northwestern part of the North American continent, including places reached by the Russians Mikhail Gvozdev and Ivan Sind, the English…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapKarta Chukotskogo Nosa soobshchennai︠a︡ ot polkovnika Plenstnera.
Карта Чукотского Носа сообщенная от полковника Пленстнера. Pokazany: mesta obitanii︠a︡ korennykh zhiteleĭ, baĭdarnyĭ volok, ėtnograficheskie svedenii︠a︡ ("Chukot︠s︡kie zhilishcha", "Chukot︠s︡kai︠a︡ zemlit︠s︡a", "Li︠u︡di zhivut, nosi︠a︡t plat'e Sobol'e, Lis'e i rys'e. Razgovor s chukchami ne skhoden"); otdel'nye formy rel'ef perspektivnym risunkom. Original…- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapGeneral'nai︠a︡ karta, predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ udobnye sposoby k umnozhenii︠u︡ Rossiĭskoĭ torgovli i moreplavanii︠u︡ po Tikhomu I I︠U︡zhnomu okeanu.
Генеральная карта, представляющая удобные способы к умножению Российской торговли и мореплаванию по Тихому И Южному океану. This Russian map, published in 1787, centers on the Pacific Rim and includes much of Eurasia and North America on its margins. It was produced by Ivan Golikov, a Russian merchant who…- Contributor: Golikov, Ivan Ivanovich
- Date: 1787-01-01
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MapMerkatorskai︠a︡ karta ot 59 do 62 gradusov severnoĭ shiroty, predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ dorogu ot goroda Okhotska po rekam …
Меркаторская карта от 59 до 62 градусов северной широты, представляющая дорогу от города Охотска по рекам Мая и Юдом. Presented here is a manuscript Mercator map that shows the route between the Siberian cities of Okhotsk and Yakutsk, mainly along the Maya and Yudoma Rivers, located in the region between the…- Contributor: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialKratkoe opisanie obraza zhizni samoi︠e︡dov" i lopareĭ, narodov", obitai︠u︡shchikh" v" Sibiri : o ikh" vi︠e︡ri︠e︡, o …
Краткое описанiе образа жизни самоѣдовъ и лопарей, народовъ, обитающихъ въ Сибири : о ихъ вѣрѣ, о жертвоприношенiи, о присягѣ, об учителяхъ вѣры, о женидьбѣ, о родинах младенцев, о нравах, о жилищах, об одеждѣ; о болезнях и врачевании оных, о погребении и о проч. This book published in 1788 is a short survey of the cultural practices of the Samoyeds (Nenets) and Lapps (Sami) living in the Arctic parts of European Russia and Siberia. It is…- Date: 1788-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialNovyĭ i polnyĭ geograficheskiĭ slovar' Rossiĭskago gosudarstva, ili leksikon", opisui︠u︡shchiĭ azbuchnym pori︠a︡dkom.
Новый и полный географический словарь Российскаго государства, или лексиконъ, описующий азбучным порядком. This six-volume work, Novyi i polnyi geograficheskii slovar' Rossiiskago gosudarstva (New and complete geographical dictionary of the Russian state), published in Moscow in 1788-89, was intended as a comprehensive source of information…- Contributor: Catherine II, Empress of Russia - Maksimovich, Lev
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Akathist Hymn for Saint Barbara. Akafist Sviatieĭ velikomuchenitsie Varvarie (The Akathist hymn for Saint Barbara) honors the Holy Great Martyr Barbara of Heliopolis (died 305), whose relics were transferred from Constantinople to Kiev early in the 12th…- Contributor: Krokovskii, Ioasaf, 1718
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialGifts from the Ebb Tide. In Japan, collecting beautiful shells and decorating them with poems is an elegant pastime dating from ancient times. Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts from the ebb tide, popularly known in English as The…- Contributor: Kitagawa, Utamaro
- Date: 1789-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Insect Book. Ehon mushi-erami (The insect book) is by the ukiyo-e painter Kitagawa Utamaro (circa 1753-1806). It was created by him before he produced the bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) for which he is…- Contributor: Kitagawa, Utamaro
- Date: 1788-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialLan ting xiu xi tu
兰亭修禊图 This rubbing scroll combines two works: Lanting xu tie (Calligraphy of the preface to the poems composed at the Orchid Pavilion) by Wang Xizhi (321-79), and Liu shang tu (The floating goblets),…- Contributor: Qianlong, Emperor of China - Zhu, Yiyin - Wang, Xizhi, 321-379 - LI, Gonglin
- Date: 1781
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon. Shown here is an illustrated anthology, in color, published in 1789 by Tsutaya Jūzaburō (1750-1797), a publisher of the Edo period (1600-1868). It contains 72 kyōka (humorous and satirical Japanese poems of…- Contributor: Kitagawa, Utamaro - Ki No, Sadamaru
- Date: 1789-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialTopographical Notes on Notable Places Visited by Her Imperial Majesty in Belarusian Vicegerencies. This book, published in Saint Petersburg in 1780 by the Russian Imperial Academy of Science, is about the history of and conditions in the eastern Belarusian lands visited by the Empress Catherine…- Date: 1780-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAn Account of a Selection of Plants of America.
Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia The first world-renowned natural scientist to set foot on Colombian soil was the Dutch physician and botanist Baron Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin (1727--1817). As a young man he showed such ability in his…- Contributor: Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr Von - Bauer, Ferdinand
- Date: 1780-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialRewards for Obedience, Punishment for Disobedience.
Premios de la obediencia, castigos de la inobediencia Premios de la obediencia, castigos de la inobediencia (Rewards for obedience, punishment for disobedience) by Raymundo Azero (1739--94) is one of the first books printed in New Granada (the Spanish viceroyalty that…- Contributor: Azero, Raymundo
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Art of Making Mechanical Timepieces for Church Towers, Rooms, and Pockets.
Arte de reloxes de ruedas para torre, sala, y faltriquera Manuel del Río was a Spanish Franciscan, said to have been a skilled watchmaker, who probably learned the trade in Oporto, Portugal, with Tomás Luis de Sáa. Del Río belonged to the…- Contributor: Cruzado, Antonio - Maré, Cipriano - Durán, Ramón - Río, Manuel Del
- Date: 1789-01-01