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Coronado Sets Out to the North
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| Title: | Coronado Sets Out to the North |
| Artist: | Frederic Remington |
| Created: | 1898 |
Discovery of North America, by John and Sebastian Cabot
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| Title: | Discovery of North America, by John and Sebastian Cabot |
| Created: | c. 1855 |
| Caption: | Nineteenth century depiction of the 1497 voyage of John Cabot. Cabot was commissioned to explore the New World, and landed at Newfoundland. |
| Source: | Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Vol. VII. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1854-55. |
Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto
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| Title: | Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto |
| Artist: | William H. Powell |
| Created: | 1853 |
| Source: | Architect of the Capitol |
Landing of Columbus
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| Title: | Landing of Columbus |
| Artist: | John Vanderlyn |
| Created: | 1846 |
| Source: | Architect of the Capitol |
Leif Erikson Discovers America
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| Title: | Leif Erikson Discovers America |
| Date: | c. 1002 AD |
| Artist: | Christian Krohg |
| Created: | 1893 |
Search for the Fountain of Youth
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| Title: | Search for the Fountain of Youth |
| Artist: | E. Bayard (designer) ; Charles Barbant (engraver) |
| Caption: | After landing, naming, and claiming Florida for the Spanish, Juan Ponce de León and his men search unsuccessfully for the mythical Fountain of Youth. |
| Source: | Bryant, William Cullen and Gay, Sydney Howard. A Popular History of the United States, Volume I. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1876. |
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
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| Title: | The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson |
| Artist: | John Maler Collier |
| Created: | 1881 |
