Exploration Gallery

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Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with their Native American guide Sacagawea.
Digital photograph of a bronze statue in Charlottesville Virginia

© N.Carter/North Wind Picture Archives

1800s, 1804, 1805, 1806, 19th Century, American, Corps Of Discovery, Discover, Explorer, Fronteir, Historic, History, Lewis And Clark, Louisiana, Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Territory, Memorial, Meriwether Lewis, Monument, North America, Pioneer, Sacagawea, Scout, Sculpture, Statue, Territory, United States, Us A, Vintage, West, Western, William Clark

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Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634, the first European to reach that region.
Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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1600s, 1630s, 1634, 17th Century, Aboriginal, American, Amerindian, Art, Boat, Canada, Canadian, Canoe, Chippewa, Discover, Exploration, Explore, French, French Canada, Great Lakes, Green Bay, Historic, History, Illustration, Indian, Jean Nicolet, Journey, Lake Michigan, Land Claim, Meet, Michigan, Native, Native American, New France, Nicolet, North America, Ojibwa, Ojibwe, Ontario, Ottawa, Territory, Travel, United States, Us A, Vintage, Voyage, Wisconsin

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Henry Grinnell's ship aground during the search led by Elisha Kent Kane for the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, under the midnight sun, 1853.
Hand-colored engraving from Elisha Kent Kane's published account

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1800s, 1850s, 1853, 19th Century, Adventure, Aground, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Art, Atlantic, Elisha Kent Kane, Expedition, Exploration, Explore, Franklin, Greenland, Grinnell, Henry Grinnell, Historic, History, Illustration, Journey, Kane, Lost, Maritime, Northwest Passage, Ocean, Rescue, Sailing Ship, Sea, Search, Ship, Ship Wreck, Sir John Franklin, Travel, Vintage, Voyage, Wreck