"A 'hieroglyphic letter' or rebus in answer to the foregoing. America (l.), as a Red Indian woman, seated and leaning to the left.; she holds a flag with thirteen vertical stripes in her left hand, in her right. she holds out a fleur-de-lys. Beside he...
Alternative Title:
America to her mistaken mother
Description:
Title from first line of text.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Correspondence, and Hieroglyphics
Drawing in red chalk on hand-ruled paper by an unidentified artist, of the decorative cartouche for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America. Represented in the drawing are two Native American figures in the lower right...
Description:
John Mitchell (1711-1768), was a British botanist, physician, and cartographer. He created A Map of the British and French dominions in North America (London: Andrew Millar, 1755), also known as the Mitchell Map, later used in negotiating the 1783 Tre...
Chart of head and face masks used in Navaho ceremonies; it is based on the images on plates in Berard Haile. Head and face masks in Navaho ceremonialism (St. Michaels, Ariz.: St. Michaels Press, 1947).
Description:
On sheet: This chart illustrates combinations of masks used in Nightway ceremonies. Consult Haile. Navajo head and face masks in Navajo ceremonialism. St. Michaels, Arizona. 1947.
Publisher:
St. Michael's Press
Subject (Geographic):
Southwest, New
Subject (Topic):
Night Chant (Navajo rite), Navajo masks, Navajo Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Medicine, and Indians of North America
Pencil, pen and ink, pen and wash, and watercolor illustrations in a sketchbook, unsigned, by an unidentified artist of Ontario and Québec, Canada, circa 1808. Depicted are Newfoundland, “carrioles [sic] (carriages) of lower Canada”, “sledge of lower...
Description:
Manuscript captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada, Champlain, Lake, Erie, Lake, Fort Chambly (Chambly, Québec), Fort Saint Joseph National Historic Site (Ont.), Thunder Bay (Ont.), Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.), Montmorency River (Québec), Newfoundland and Labrador, Old Fort William (Thunder Bay, Ont.), Ontario, Ottawa River (Québec and Ont.), Québec (Québec), and Sainte-Hélène Island (Québec)
La historia general delas Indias. Con priuilegio imperial. [Colophon: [para] Fin dela primera parte
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish and America --Early accounts to 1600
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Natural history --Central America, Natural history --West Indies, and Shipwrecks
Collection Created:
La qual se acabo [y] imprimio enla muy noble [y] muy leal cibdad de Seuilla, enla empreta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de Setiembre. Ano de mil y quinientos y treynta y conco Anos
La historia general delas Indias. Con priuilegio imperial. [Colophon: [para] Fin dela primera parte
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish and America --Early accounts to 1600
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Natural history --Central America, Natural history --West Indies, and Shipwrecks
Collection Created:
La qual se acabo [y] imprimio enla muy noble [y] muy leal cibdad de Seuilla, enla empreta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de Setiembre. Ano de mil y quinientos y treynta y conco Anos
