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MapWest India Islands and the Approaches to the Panama Canal.
West India Islands, & the Approaches to the Panama Canal This large folding map, issued by the London Geographical Institute during World War I, shows the islands of the Caribbean Sea and the approaches to the Panama Canal. The canal had opened to traffic in early 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the war. Protection of the canal against possible sabotage by Germany was a concern of U.S. military planners in World War I...- Contributor: London Geographical Institute
- Date: 1915-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of Saint Thomas in America with the Citadel Fort Christian.
Prospect von Sct. Thomas in America -- und Citadelle Christians Fort This colored drawing by an anonymous artist is a view of the Danish settlement on the island of Saint Thomas (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands) as it appeared in the 18th century. The settlement was established in 1672 by the Danish West India Company. Denmark claimed the nearby island of Saint John in 1683 and purchased the island of Saint Croix from France in 1733....- Date: 1700-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSaint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: View from the Brazilian Observatory with the West Part of the Harbor and the City Charlotte Amalie.
Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista tomada do observatorio brazileiro, comprehendendo a parte de Oeste do porto e da cidade Carlota Amalia This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSaint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: View from the Brazilian Observatory with the Sandbank and the East Part of the Harbor and the City Charlotte Amalie.
Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista tomada do Observatório Brazileiro, comprehendendo a barra e parte de l'Este do porto e da cidade Carlota Amalia This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: North Face of the Three Pavillions of the Observatory.
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: face do norte dos tres pavilhoes do observatorio This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: Overview of the Observatory from the Northeast with the Three Pavilions and the Collimators of the Meridian Circle Telescope.
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista geral do observatorio tomada do Nordeste e comprehendendo os tres pavilhoes e os collinadores da luneta meridiana This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: Interior View of the East Part of the Main Central Pavillion with the Meridian Circle Telescope, Sidereal Pendulum and the ...
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista interior da parte de l'Este do grande pavilhao central contendo a luneta meridiana, pendula sideral e chronographo electrico This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: Interior View of the East Pavillion with the Equatorial Telescope of the Lieutenant Commander Calheiros da Graça.
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista interior do pavilhao de l'Este contendo a equatorial do capitao-tenente Calheiros da Graça This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: Interior View of the West Pavillion with the Equatorial Telescope of the First Lieutenant Índio do Brasil.
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista interior do pavilhao do Oeste contendo a equatorial do 1. tenente Índio do Brasil This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: Interior View of the Western Part of the Main Central Pavillion with the Equatorial Telescope of the Barão de Teffé.
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: vista interior da parte de Oeste do grande pavilhao central contendo a equatorial do Barão de Teffé This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingDom Pedro II Observatory, Saint Thomas Island, Danish Possession in the Antilles: Pavilion of the Equatorial Telescope of the First Lieutenant Índio do Brasil. Main Central Pavillion of the Meridian Circle Telescope ...
Observatorio D. Pedro II, Ilha de S. Thomaz, possessao dinamarqueza nas Antilhas: pavilhao da equatorial do 1. tenente Índio do Brasil. Pavilhao central da luneta meridiana e grande equatorial do Barão de Teffé. Pavilhao da equatorial do capitao-tenente Calheiros da Graça. Vista tomada do Sueste, no declive da montanha This photograph is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Brazilian Astronomical Commission: Transit of Venus on December 6, 1882.
Commissão Astronomica Brasileira: passagem de venus de 6 de dezembro de 1882 This album commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus in 1882. This involved the establishment by the Imperial Observatory of an observatory, named after Emperor Dom Pedro II (1825-91), on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands). The transit of Venus is a rare astronomical event that occurs when...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission
- Date: 1882-01-01
- Resource: - 12 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialZanzibar: city, island, and coast. Includes bibliographical references.- Contributor: Burton, Richard Francis
- Date: 1872-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPassage of Venus, December 6, 1882.
Passagem de Venus de 6 de dezembro de 1882 This photograph, taken by Marc Ferrez on December 6, 1882, is contained in an album that commemorates the participation of Brazil in the international effort to track the transit of Venus that same year. Ferrez honored Brazil's contribution by compiling a photomontage of the three men commissioned by the Imperial Observatory of Brazil to view the transit on the island of St. Thomas in...- Contributor: Brazilian Astronomical Commission - Ferrez, Marc
- Date: 1882-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialFunafuti ; Funafuti is a coral atoll that is part of Tuvalu, a sovereign nation located in the west-central Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. This book is an account of a scientific expedition in 1897 to Funafuti, which at the time was part of the British protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The author, Janet William Edgeworth David, the wife of Professor T....- Contributor: David, Caroline Martha
- Date: 1899-01-01
- Resource: - 379 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingSecretary of the Navy Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate States of America. Judah P. Benjamin (1811-84) was a wealthy lawyer who served as attorney general, secretary of war, and secretary of state in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. (In this photograph he is misidentified as secretary of the navy). Born in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, he was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, and attended law school at Yale. He practiced law in...- Contributor: Anthony, Edward - Brady, Mathew B.
- Date: 1861-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialEmbassy to the eastern courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat; in the U.S. sloop-of-war Peacock ... during the years 1832-3-4. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and in microrm. Microfilm. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress. digital files not viewed; td12 2013-8-27 LAC knj 2020-03-04 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Roberts, Edmund
- Date: 1837-01-01
- Resource: - 440 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialUltima Thule; or, A summer in Iceland. "Catalogue-raisonné of modern travel in Iceland":v. 1, p. 235-260. Appendices: On sulphur in Iceland, by O. Henchel, Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Mr. C. Crowe ... Leasing contract. Sulphur in Sicily. Sulphur in Transylvania. Sulphur in Andaman Islands. Seen through the press by Högni Gunlögsen. cf. Pref.- Contributor: Burton, Richard Francis - Burton, Richard F[Rancis]
- Date: 1875-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialA voyage round the world : including an embassy to Muscat and Siam in 1835, 1836, and 1837 In 1832, U.S. president Andrew Jackson, acting on the advice of Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury, dispatched Edmund Roberts as a "special agent of the government," empowered to negotiate treaties of amity and commerce with countries in Asia. The objective was to expand trade between these countries and the United States. Between early 1832 and May 1834, Roberts circumnavigated the globe. In the...- Contributor: Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1838
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Book/Printed MaterialThrough the Brazilian wilderness After failing to win a third term in the elections of 1912, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt planned a speaking trip to Argentina and Brazil and a cruise up the Amazon. The government of Brazil suggested that Roosevelt join the famous Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon in an expedition down the recently discovered River of Doubt. Roosevelt accepted the invitation and, accompanied by his son...- Contributor: Roosevelt, Theodore
- Date: 1914
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Book/Printed MaterialCabool : a personal narrative of a journey to, and residence in that city, in the years 1836, 7, and 8 Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8 is an account of an 18-month voyage undertaken by Sir Alexander Burnes and three companions by order of the governor-general of India. The purpose of the journey was to survey the Indus River and the territories adjoining it, with the aim of opening up...- Contributor: Burnes, Alexander
- Date: 1843-01-01
- Resource: - 446 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialRoald Amundsen's "The North West passage"; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, Half-title: The "Gjöa" expedition, 1903-1907. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. digital files not viewed; td12 2013-8-27- Contributor: Hansen, Godfred - Amundsen, Roald
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialSanto Domingo, past and present, with a glance at Hayti, "Bibliography of Santo Domingo and Hayti": p. [xxi]-xxix. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Hazard, Samuel
- Date: 1873-01-01
- Resource: - 3 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialThe exploration of the world. Added t. p., illus. Series title also at head of t. p.- Contributor: Leigh, Dora - Verne, Jules
- Date: 1882-01-01
- Resource: - 678 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialGreece with the Cyclades & Northern Sporades. Appendix (p. [156]-165): Protocol of London, 22 Mar. 1829.--Protocol of London, 3 Feb. 1830.--Treaty of London, 29 Mar. 1864.--Firman. Organic regulations for Crete, 23 Aug. 1868.--Firman (Pact of Halepa) 25 Oct. 1878. "Authorities": p. [166]-170.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 190 pages