Collection Items
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Book/Printed MaterialA curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical …
Curious hieroglyphick Bible A hieroglyphic Bible replaces some of the words of the text with pictures. Such Bibles were at one time very popular in Great Britain and America and were used as a means…- Contributor: Thomas, Isaiah - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialPatmutʻiwn hayotsʻ : I skzbaně ashkharhi minchʻew tsʻam teaṛn 1784 : ěst awandeloy ayleayl matenagratsʻ Mik'ayel Ch'amch'yants' was born in Istanbul in 1738. After training and working as a jeweler in his native city, in 1762 he joined the Armenian Catholic Mekhitarist order at the St. Lazar…
- Contributor: Chʻamchʻyantsʻ, Mikʻayel
- Date: 1784
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Book/Printed MaterialVoyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en … Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782.…
- Contributor: Sonnerat, Pierre
- Date: 1782
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MapAmérique campagne "Amérique, Campagne 1782 (American campaign, 1782) is a compendium of manuscript maps, in pen-and-ink and watercolor, created in 1782, at the end of the Revolutionary War. The maps show the location of…
- Contributor: Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien De Vimeur
- Date: 1782
- Resource: Image - 46
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MapSankai yochi zenzu.
山海輿地全圖 Scale ca. 1:27,000,000 at the equator. Wood block print, hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600. Based on Matteo Ricci's World map which was…- Contributor: Nagakubo, Sekisui - Ricci, Matteo
- Date: 1785-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapAmerika, ěst nor ashkharhagrakan znnutʻeantsʻ : pʻoragreal i Vēnētik i Vans Srboyn Ghazaru i tʻuis merum … Scale not given. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Armenian. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of northern North America and col. ill. Vault…
- Contributor: Mkhitʻarean Miabanutʻiwn I Venetik - Endasian, Elia
- Date: 1787-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapThe United States according to the definitive treaty of peace signed at Paris Sept. 3d. 1783. Scale ca. 1:3,200,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. "The lines singly coloured N.W. of the Ohio, are the divisions of that country into ten new states, by a resolve…
- Contributor: Scot, Robert - McMurray, William
- Date: 1784-01-01
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Map[Differents camps de l'armée de York-town à Boston. Scale ca. 1:125,000. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Hand colored. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…
- Contributor: Soulés, François
- Date: 1787-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPartie occidentale de la Virginie, Pensylvanie, Maryland, et Caroline Septle. la rivière d'Ohio, et toutes celles … Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Translation of Thomas Hutchins' New map of the western part of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North…
- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis - Hutchins, Thomas
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapMarche de l'armée française de Providence à la Rivière du Nord. Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 830 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Map[Côte de York-town à Boston: Marches de l'armée "Côte de York-town à Boston (Coastline from Yorktown to Boston) is a manuscript map, in pen-and-ink and watercolor, created in 1782, during the American Revolutionary War. The map is oriented with north…
- Date: 1782
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan du port de Portsmouth levé à vue. Scale ca. 1:38,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and premier anchorage areas for ships. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 875 Available…
- Date: 1782-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport. Scale ca. 1:26,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and position of French naval vessels. Oriented with north to the right. Includes index…
- Date: 1780-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan de la ville, port, et rade de Newport, avec une partie de Rhode-Island occupée par … Scale ca. 1:26,200. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by form lines and shading. Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and positions of French naval vessels. Oriented with north toward the…
- Date: 1780-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Map[Plan de la ville, du port, et de la rade de New-port et Rhode Island. Debarquement … Scale ca. 1:26,000. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and position of French naval vessels. Oriented…
- Date: 1780-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan de la position de l'armée françoise autour de Newport et du mouillage de l'escadre dans … Scale ca. 1:7,250. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes index to fortifications, French army camps, and French naval…
- Date: 1780-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapCampaign of MDCCLXXVI. Scale ca. 1:185,000. Includes descriptive index entitled "Explanation" and inset "Campaign of MDCCLXXVII," ca. 1:410,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1058 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as…
- Date: 1780-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapMap of Queens Village or Lloyd Neck in Queens County on the north side of Long … Scale ca. 1:2,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. A sketch map showing locations of houses, with owners' names, ponds, etc. A "fort block house built by ye enemy" [i.e. British] and "An inlet…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapReconnoissance, juillet, 1781. Scale ca. 1:75,000. Title on verso: Frog's Pointe. Manuscript title from label on verso as originally mounted: Plan d'une batterie de Long Island, destinée à battre le continent [i.e. Frog's Pointe] Manuscript,…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPosition du camp de l'armée combinée a Philipsburg du 6 juillet au 19 aoust. Scale ca. 1:80,000; 2,000 toises = 40 mm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Staten Island to Tarrytown, N.Y. Includes "Legende." LC Maps of North…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Map[Plan de New-York et les environs. Scale ca. 1:82,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" indicates earthworks, forts, etc. with indication of number of soldiers to man them. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1214…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapNord de l'Ile de New-York. Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Alternate title: Nord de l'Isle de New-York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapEnvirons de New-York, de Long-Island, etc. Scale ca. 1:95,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1212 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapReconnoissance, juillet 1781. Scale ca. 1:18,400; 700 t[oises] = 75 mm. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Reconnoissance juillet 1781. Ouvrages et redoutes-Morisania [continent] îles de New York, Montresor…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapReconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a déterminé géometriquement les principaux … Scale ca. 1:10,300; échelle de 600 toises = 94 cm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts and redoubts. Indexed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1215…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPosition des Armées amériquaine et françoise à Kings-ferry, Peaks-hill, Crompond et Hunts-taverne du 17. septembre au … Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Kings Ferry operated between Verplank Point and Stony Point. "Peaks-hill" was about 3 miles south of the center of…
- Date: 1782-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Map[Plan d'Amboy]. [Vues de la rade de Charles-Town et de Fort Sulivan, mai 1780] "The map presented here shows the city and harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, at the time of the first British siege of Charleston and attack on Fort Sullivan in June 1776. This…
- Date: 1780
- Resource: Image
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MapA map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt, "This pen-and-ink manuscript map contains several handwritten annotations by George Washington. A note on the back in Washington's hand reads: "A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt, given…
- Contributor: Washington, George - Crawford, William
- Date: 1780
- Resource: Image
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Map[Ville, port, et rade de Baltimore dans le Maryland. Scale ca. 1:26,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications, troop encampments, and roads from "White Marsh," "Frederick Town," and…
- Contributor: Berthier, Louis-Alexandre
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan des environs de Williamsburg, York, Hampton, et Portsmouth. Scale ca. 1:300,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1145 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2;…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapCarte des environs d'Hampton. Scale ca. 1:28,800; échelle de 3 lignes pour 100 toises. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Fleur de lis surmounting a scroll crossed with three bars. Oriented with north toward the right. Relief…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan du terrein à la rive gauche de la rivière de James vis-à -vis Jamestown en Virginie … Scale ca. 1:16,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to points of military interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1451 Available also through the Library…
- Contributor: Desandroüins, Jean Nicolas
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan de Portsmouth en Virginie. Scale ca. 1:3,333. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Shows defense works, forts, etc. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1454 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2:…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie. Scale ca. 1:3,220. Title on verso: Ouvrages faits à Portsmouth en Virginie par les Anglais, et rasé en 1781 par les François. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right.…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapCarte detaillée de West Point sur la rivière d'York au confluent des Rivières de Pamunkey et … Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title on verso: West Point sur le riviere d'York au confluent du Pamunkey et du Matapony. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Shows…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapBatteries de West-point au haut de la Rivière d'York. Scale ca. 1:5,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes index to types of guns mounted. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1458 Available also through the Library…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapArmée de Rochambeau, 1782. Carte des environs de Williamsburg en Virginie où les armées françoise et … Scale ca. 1:15,250. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of landholders. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,…
- Contributor: Desandroüins, Jean Nicolas
- Date: 1782-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapNotes sur les environs de York. Scale ca. 1:44,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1469 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440;…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan des ouvrages faits à York-town en Virginie. Scale ca. 1:5,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Incomplete: Upper and right edges have been trimmed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,…
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapPlan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques faites par les Armées françoise et américaine en 8bre. … Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1466 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault…
- Contributor: Querenet De La Combe
- Date: 1781-01-01
- Resource: Image