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ALT Photograph shows a man on a dogsled in the foreground and a castle-shaped mountain of ice in the background, during the British Antarctic Expedition.
ALT hand-drawn map showing the Boston Harbor with soundings
ALT Map of Rio De Janeiro with parishes color-coded and prominent topography and buildings illustrated.
ALT Africa : to the committee and members of the British association discovering the interior parts of Africa this map is with their permission most respectfully inscribed. Aaron Arrowsmith, 1802. Geography and Map Division.
ALT Detail of [Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa], Joan Oliva, 1590, Geography and Map Division.
ALT The PLPS Fellowship offers a $11,500 fellowship for 8 research weeks at the Geography & Map Division
ALT black and white map showing movement of continents
ALT World map from perspective of north pole, with continental topography prominently shown. A map legend and descriptive text in French surround the map.
ALT colorful map showing lunar craters
ALT detailed view of map showing lunar craters
ALT Map of Pennsylvania geologic formations with map legend at top-right and a display of specific geologic cross-sections between different Pennsylvania locales at bottom.
ALT Close-in view of central Pennsylvania with color-coded, wavy geological strata shown with local towns and major roadways mapped over top.
ALT Sanborn fire insurance map showing a distillery
ALT Interior, bonded whiskey warehouse
ALT Map of Tokyo Bay with villages shown along coastline. Ships are illustrated in the bay and below the map is a listing of troops and samurai, with symbols describing military units.
ALT Close-in view of illustrated ships in Tokyo Bay, near a coastline with pictorial representations of topography and villages.
ALT Mount Desert Island terrain shown with shaded relief, roadways, and areas of prominent vegetation.
ALT Map of railway lines across upper Midwest, surrounded by illustrations of natural landmarks and lists of railroad stations along several routes.
ALT Panoramic view of elaborate buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition, interspersed by waterways, green spaces, and prominent boats on Lake Michigan.
ALT Detail from plate 7 of a Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
