New World Collection

PILGRIMS: THANKSGIVING, 1621. The First Thanksgiving of the Pilgrims, 1621. After a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Viking ship at sea
Norsemen at sea following their raven pilot. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

17th century world map
World map, published around 1664 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by Dutch mapmaker Joan Blaeu (c.1599- 1673)

VESPUCCIs WORLD MAP, 1526. Juan Vespuccis world map, 1526

16th century world map
World map, published around 1565 in Venice, Italy, by Italian mapmaker Ferando Bertelli

Inca king Huayna Capac
Huayna Capac, Inca ruler in the early 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th century illustration

CARIBBEAN MAP. A map of the Caribbean islands: woodcut, French, c. 1688

FLORIDA NATIVE AMERICANS: VILLAGE 1591. Colored engraving by Theodore de Bry after Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

CANTINO WORLD MAP, 1502. Western half of the Cantino map of the world, 1502, showing (at left) the Tordesillas Treaty demarcation line of 1494 which divided the non-Christian (i.e)

TENOCHTITLAN (MEXICO CITY) at the time of the Spanish Conquest: colored woodcut, 1556

TENOCHTITLAN (MEXICO CITY). Mexico City at the time of the Spanish Conquest: colored woodcut from the Latin edition of Cortes Second Letter, Nuremberg, 1524

Map of the world, 1720
(Original Caption) 18th century map of the world

MAP: AMERICAS, c1630. A map of North and South America created by Dutch cartographer and atlas maker Willem Blaeu. Map, c1630

NINA: WORLD MAP, 1500. World map, 1500, of Juan de la Cosa, navigator on the Nina on Christopher Columbus second voyage of 1493-94

BERING STRAIT MAP, 1593

17th century map of the New World
Western Hemisphere, 17th century Dutch map. This shows the New World that was being discovered by Europeans exploring the Western Hemisphere of the Earth

17th century map of the New World

WHITE: FRIGATE BIRD. Watercolor, c1585, by John White

MEXICO: INDIANS, c1500. P urhepecha (Tarascan) Indians of Michoacan Province, Mexico, flee their village shortly before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors

Temple ceremony in an Aztec city. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hand-colored woodcut
Aztec tiger knight in a costume of cotton and a helmet made of wood, from a model in Spain. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Trephination evidence in an Inca skull
Inca skull showing evidence of prehistoric trephining or brain surgery in Peru. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

John Cabot and his sons receiving the Charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of New Lands
3099586 John Cabot and his sons receiving the Charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of New Lands, 1496 (colour litho) by Eden

CABOT: NEW WORLD MAP, 1544. Detail from Sebastian Cabots 1544 map of the New World

MAP: NEW ENGLAND COLONIES. Early settlements in New England and distribution of Native American tribes

WILLIAM PENN (1644-1718). Founder of colony of Pennsylvania. Penn and his company of colonists sailing for the New World from England aboard the Welcome, August 1682

PILGRIM, 1620s. John Alden, one of the Pilgrim settlers of the Plymouth colony, founded in 1620

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

MEXICO: NUN, 16th CENTURY. Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz, niece of Hernan Cortes, dressed elaborately for her entry into the convent which she founded in Mexico City. Oil on canvas, Mexican, 18th century

PORTUGUESE MAP OF BRAZIL. Between the Amazon River and the Rio de la Plata, 1519

Florida Native Americans curing fish and game on a barbecue
NATIVE AMERICANS: BARBECUE, 1591. Florida Native Americans curing fish and game on a barbecue. Colored engraving, 1591, by Theodor de Bry after a now lost drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

NATIVE AMERICAN BARBECUE. Florida Native Americans curing fish and game on a barbecue. Colored engraving, 1591, by Theodor de Bry after a now lost drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

MAGELLAN: MAP, 1519-1522. Map of the Pacific Ocean showing Ferdinand Magellans route, 1519-1522. Wood engraving, 19th century

ARRIVAL OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI in the New World. (Vespucci meeting the allegorical representation of America). Engraving by Theodor Galle after the drawing, c1580, by Stradanus

NATIVE AMERICANS: CROCODILES, 1591. Florida Native Americans killing crocodiles (alligators). Engraving, 1591, by Theodor de Bry after a now lost drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

MAYFLOWER: COMPACT, 1620. The pilgrims signing the Compact aboard the Mayflower off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, 11 November 1620. Engraving, 1859, after Tompkins Harrison Matteson

17th century map of South America
South America, 17th century Dutch map. This shows the new continent that was being discovered by European explorers. The shape is distorted because it had not yet been accurately mapped

RIVERA: CUERNAVACA. Diego Rivera: The Taking of Cuernavaca. Detail of fresco in Cortez-Palace, Cuernevaca, Mexico

Chart of the West Indies sea depths and land elevations. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Street in Aztec Tenochtitian (reconstruction). Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Florida explored by De Soto, 1539
Bivouac of De Sotos expedition in the Florida wilderness, 1539. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Leif Erikssen off the coast of Vineland in a Viking landing boat. Hand-colored photogravure of a 19th-century illustration

US territorial acquisition during the 1800s
Map showiing the territorial growth of the continental US 1776 to 1899. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the Americas, 1660
17th century map of the Americas

Map of the world, 1590
16th century map of the world

ALGONQUIAN: FISHING, 1585. Carolina Algonquian Native Americans fishing. Watercolor, c1585, by John White

MEXICO: MIXTEC CODEX. Mixtecs coming to worship at a shrine and cross erecting by Spanish missionaries. Engraving after the Codex Porfirio Diaz, early 16th century

ROANOKE ISLAND, 1585. English settlers landing at Roanoke Island in 1585. Detail of a map, c1590

FOUNDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE. The founding of St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565 by Pedro Menendez de Aviles (center). Wood engraving, American, 19th century

BRAZIL: MAP AND NATIVE INDIANS. Portuguese map of Brazil, 1565, depicting a family of native Indians, one of whom is harvesting brazilwood trees (probably Caesalpinia echinata or Sappan)

MAP OF THE NEW WORLD, 1544. From Sebastian Munsters Cosmographia
MAP OF THE NEW WORLD, 1544. From Sebastian Munsters " Cosmographia."

Samuel de Champlains fortified camp at Quebec on the St Lawrence River, 1600s Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a 17th-century map

Part of the 1613 Samuel de Champlain map of New France. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of the original ma

GONZALO JIMENEZ DE QUESADA (1500?-?1579). Spanish conquistador. Spanish engraving, 1728

MILES STANDISH. Priscilla Mullens wondering to John Alden why Miles Standish does not woo her himself

FLORIDA NATIVE AMERICANS, 1591. Florida Native Americans tilling and planting. Line engraving, 1591, by Theodor de Bry after a now lost drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

LEIF ERICSSON (c970-1020) Discovering America. Line engraving, late 19th century, after a painting by Christian Krohg

The Americas, single states, political map with national borders. Caribbean, North, Central and South America

Native Americans, South Carolina, circa 1700

Sierra Negra Giant tortoises mating IsabellaGalapagos

Decorated Wampum Belts
XLF3782081 Decorated Wampum Belts; (add.info.: Decorated Wampum Belts, published in 1887. Wampum are shell beads, sacred to many Native American tribes of the east)

Chart of Boston Harbour, 1733
XLF3781567 Chart of Boston Harbour, 1733; (add.info.: Chart of Boston Harbour, 1733 A Short History of the English People by Richard Green, vol IV, Macmillan & Co, 1894); Lebrecht History

Jamaica. 15th century. Second Voyage of Columbus. Jamaicans refuse to give food to Columbus and he, knowing that there will be a lunar eclipse, tells them that God will deny the light

Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus). Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) (also known as Jesus Chris Lizard) in forest understorey. Paujil Nature Reserve, Magdalena Valley, Colombia

White-fronted Capuchin Monkey (Cebus albifrons) in forest canopy. Paujil Nature Reserve, Magdalena Valley, Colombia

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) (also called Stinkbird or Canje pheasant) in river-side vegetation. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost site at dusk. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost site at dusk. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost site at dusk. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost site at dusk. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost site at dusk. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost site at dusk. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) outside burrow. Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia

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"Exploring the New World: A Journey through Time and Maps" Embark on a voyage of discovery as we delve into the captivating history of the "New World. " From the mighty Viking ship gracefully sailing across vast seas to intricate 17th-century world maps, each hint offers a glimpse into an era brimming with exploration and wonder. Juan Vespucci's meticulously crafted world map from 1526 takes us back to a time when intrepid explorers sought to unravel the mysteries of uncharted territories. Meanwhile, TENOCHTITLAN (MEXICO CITY) at the time of Spanish Conquest reveals a vibrant cityscape teeming with life, captured in exquisite detail by a colored woodcut in 1556. The Cantino World Map of 1502 unveils half our planet's western hemisphere, showcasing early cartographic attempts to comprehend this newfound land. Fast forward to 1720, where an intricately designed map paints a vivid picture of how much knowledge had been gained about our globe over time. Intriguingly, Dutch cartographer's creation presents us with an insightful perspective on North and South America during the mid-17th century. This invaluable document allows us to witness how boundaries were being redrawn and cultures intertwined within this evolving landscape. As we journey further into history, we encounter poignant moments such as Pilgrims' Thanksgiving in 1621 – immortalized by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' evocative painting. It serves as a reminder that amidst exploration and conquests lay stories of unity and gratitude for new beginnings. Venturing southwards towards Caribbean islands depicted in an enchanting French woodcut from c. 1688 brings forth tales rich in diversity and cultural exchange that shaped these tropical paradises forever.