New World Collection (page 6)

The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. The Great Pyramid of Cholula was an important religious and mythical centre in prehispanic times

Mirror Lake, Adirondacks, New York, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Mirror Lake, Adirondacks, New York, c1897. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co. London, c1897]

Natural Bridge, Virginia, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Natural Bridge, Virginia, c1897. Natural arch in limestone gorge of Cedar Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia purchased by Thomas Jefferson from King George III of England for 20 shillings in 1774

Niagara Falls, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Niagara Falls, c1897. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co. London, c1897]

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. '...the pileated jay (Cyanocorax cyanopogon)

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The blue tanager (Orchesticus ater)...[is] from the forests of Brazil

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea), from Jamaica; and the little green bittern

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The American cuckoo (Guvia piririgua) is of very lively and peculiar habits

Americas, Central America, Puerto Barillas, El Salvador, Critically Endangered Nicaraguan sub-species of the Black-handed or Geoffroys spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi)

Portugal, Azores, Santa Maria Island, Anjos, place where Christopher Columbus made landfall after discovering the New World, lime tree

American buffalo
Bison, or American buffalo. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza Mayor in Mexico, detail of the Market (oil on canvas) (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images)

President and Mrs. Coolidge attend Thanksgiving Day service In Virginia, 1928 (b/w photo)
5672344 President and Mrs. Coolidge attend Thanksgiving Day service In Virginia, 1928 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Calvin Coolidge Jr)

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, illustration from Newnes Pictorial Book of Knowledge (colour litho)
IL281061 Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, illustration from Newnes Pictorial Book of Knowledge (colour litho) by Tennant, C

An attack by Indians, La Herradura published in 1930 (engraving)
3780164 An attack by Indians, La Herradura published in 1930 (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info.: The Spanish and Indians attack Sir Francis Drakes men in the Bay of La Herradura)

Columbus Landing in the Indies. 1594 (xylography)
CUL4856239 Columbus Landing in the Indies. 1594 (xylography) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info.: BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Columbus Landing in the Indies. 1594

Tribe of the Timucua Indians: ceremony in which his chosen wife is brought to the chief (engraving)
2435433 Tribe of the Timucua Indians: ceremony in which his chosen wife is brought to the chief (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info)

Battle of Anaquito, 1726 (engraving)
IND388220 Battle of Anaquito, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Battle in the third civil war of Peru)

The Battle of Chuquingua, 1726 (engraving)
IND388219 The Battle of Chuquingua, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Battle during the Fifth Civil War of Peru)

Starving conquistadors eat dog meat, 1698 (oil on cork) (detail)
IND388225 Starving conquistadors eat dog meat, 1698 (oil on cork) (detail) by Gonzalez, Miguel (fl.1698); Museo de America, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Spanish conquest of Mexico)

The Castilians arrive at the Bay of San Mateo and The Castilians pass the Island of Puna, 1726 (engraving)
IND388222 The Castilians arrive at the Bay of San Mateo and The Castilians pass the Island of Puna, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona

Maipuri Indians, inhabitants of the Upper Orinoco, roasting members of a dead enemy, 1781 (engraving)
IND388218 Maipuri Indians, inhabitants of the Upper Orinoco, roasting members of a dead enemy, 1781 (engraving) by Italian School, (18th century); Private Collection; Mithra-Index

Foundation of the city of San Miguel de Ibarra in 1606 (oil on canvas)
IND388250 Foundation of the city of San Miguel de Ibarra in 1606 (oil on canvas) by Ecuadorian School, (17th Century); Salon Maximo del Ayuntamiento, Ibarra

Ball game, popular customs of the Chilean Indians (hand-coloured engraving)
IND388229 Ball game, popular customs of the Chilean Indians (hand-coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: After Vernier; ); Mithra-Index

The Spanish move inland to encounter snow on the road, 1698 (oil on cork) (detail)
IND388223 The Spanish move inland to encounter snow on the road, 1698 (oil on cork) (detail) by Gonzalez, Miguel (fl.1698); Museo de America, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Spanish conquest of Mexico)

Battle of Panama, 1726 (engraving)
IND388226 Battle of Panama, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Arias de Acevedo leads the vanguard of Panama)

Francisco Pizarro and his comrades at Gorgona, 1726 (engraving)
IND388235 Francisco Pizarro and his comrades at Gorgona, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona

Vasco Nunez claims possession of the South Sea, 1726 (engraving)
IND388237 Vasco Nunez claims possession of the South Sea, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona

The arrival of Francisco Pizarro with 180 men and three ships at Tumbes, 1726 (engraving)
IND388221 The arrival of Francisco Pizarro with 180 men and three ships at Tumbes, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona

Amerigo Vespucci (1452-1512) (engraving)
IND257185 Amerigo Vespucci (1452-1512) (engraving) by Spanish School, (16th century); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info)

Cortes at the feet of Martin de Valencia (hand-coloured engraving)
IND388232 Cortes at the feet of Martin de Valencia (hand-coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Four Spaniards divscover Aztec treasure but do not plunder it, 1698 (oil on cork) (detail)
IND388224 Four Spaniards divscover Aztec treasure but do not plunder it, 1698 (oil on cork) (detail) by Anonymous; 205x121 cm; Museo de America, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Spanish conquest of Mexico)

The Magellan fleet on its way to the South Sea after crossing the Strait, 1726 (engraving)
IND388240 The Magellan fleet on its way to the South Sea after crossing the Strait, 1726 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Biblioteca Universidad, Barcelona

Various vegetable crops of the Indians of the basins of the Orinoco and the Amazon (Maranon), 1780 (engraving)
IND388217 Various vegetable crops of the Indians of the basins of the Orinoco and the Amazon (Maranon), 1780 (engraving) by Italian School, (18th century); Private Collection; Mithra-Index

Sacrifice of a deer to the sun by the Indians of Florida, 1850 (hand-coloured engraving)
IND388228 Sacrifice of a deer to the sun by the Indians of Florida, 1850 (hand-coloured engraving) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; Mithra-Index

Japanese ambassadors prostrate at the feet of Pope Gregory XIII in 1585, 1850 (hand-coloured engraving)
IND388227 Japanese ambassadors prostrate at the feet of Pope Gregory XIII in 1585, 1850 (hand-coloured engraving) by Spanish School

The baptism of the king of the island of Cebu and five hundred other Indians by members of the Magellan expedition
IND388231 The baptism of the king of the island of Cebu and five hundred other Indians by members of the Magellan expedition on April 14, 1551, 1850 (hand-coloured engraving) by Spanish School

Departure of the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina from Palos in 1492 (oil on canvas)
IND171548 Departure of the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina from Palos in 1492 (oil on canvas) by Bejarano, Antonio Cabral (1788-1861); Monastery of La Rabida, Huelva, Andalusia

Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America, c. 1535 (oil on panel)
4071470 Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America, c.1535 (oil on panel) by Mostaert, Jan (c.1475-c.1555); 86.5x152.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Drakes attack upon San Domingo, 1586, published in Harpers Magazine, 1883 (litho)
STC306735 Drakes attack upon San Domingo, 1586, published in Harpers Magazine, 1883 (litho) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christopher Columbus, on board his caravel, gestures to the island of Guanahani (San Salvador)
REV400274 Christopher Columbus, on board his caravel, gestures to the island of Guanahani (San Salvador) on 12 October 1492 (oil on canvas) by Spanish School, (19th century); Monastery of La Rabida

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) landing at Virginia, 1584 from Heroes of History, pub. by Raphael Tuck & Son Ltd
IL99943 Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) landing at Virginia, 1584 from Heroes of History, pub. by Raphael Tuck & Son Ltd. London (book illustration) by Davie

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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.