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Gunboat frontier: British Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-90
Creation Date: 1984Catalog ID: 1999.1.160Call Number: 971.102/G727g/1984287 p.; ill., maps; 24 cm.; Includes index; Bibliography: p. 267; Inscribed by author -
The spirit of marine law
Creation Date: 1804Catalog ID: 2009.171.5Call Number: 343.096/M451s/1804Spirit of marine law, or, Compendium of the statutes relating to the admiralty : being a concise but perspicuous abridgment of all the acts relative to navigation, including an abridgment of the laws of marine insurance. Alphabetically arranged / by John Irving Maxwell. Published in 1804. -
![...[Authorization for] William H. Seward to exchange the ratification of the treaty with Great Britain...](https://wshs-collections.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1917.27.2.jpg)
...[Authorization for] William H. Seward to exchange the ratification of the treaty with Great Britain...
Creation Date: 1864Catalog ID: 1917.27.2Call Number: EPH-A/979./51406/L638au/18641 sheet; 25 cm.; Printed form, with details filled in by hand; signed by Abraham Lincoln -
"A Map of America between Latitutes 40 and 70, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West: Exhibiting Mackenzie's Track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan, & from thence to the North Sea in 1789, & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793."
Creation Date: Oct. 15, 1801Catalog ID: 1918.15.8.1Call Number: 979.511 M199vMap of the Northern Latitudes of North America, including portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and depicting the area from the Great Lakes and Cape Blanco, California to the North Sea (Arctic Circle), published in 1801. The map shows the 1789 and 1793 exploration routes of Alexander Mackenzie, which are indicated in red and yellow outlines. The map shows the Northwest Coast of Washington and British Columbia in considerable detail. Labeled features include: Pugets Sound, Tacourche Tesse or Columbia River, C. Flattery, and supposed Strait of Juan de Fuca. The map is bound into the following volume: "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793," by Alexander Mackenzie, 1801. -
"America Septentrionalis. Concinnata juxta observationes… per Guillaume De L'Isle"
Creation Date: 1760-1772Catalog ID: 2003.16.10Call Number: MAPC/NA/1760early map of North America, "America Septentrionalis.... based on Guillaume De L'Isle", Augsburg, dated 1760-1772. North America, Central America and the Caribbean Islands are indicated. California is shown as joined to North America (not as an island). The area of the Pacific Northwest north of California is shown as unknown. This map is a derivative of Guillaume De L'Isle's 1703 North American map. However, this revision, published by the German engraver and map maker, Tobias Conrad Lotter shows change in the shapes of some geographic land masses. A greater British presence (shown in green) in North America is also indicated. The North American political boundaries of European control are delineated in varying colors. A separate key for the various colors is lacking. However, dark pink most likely indicates Spanish Territory, yellow French and green British. The routes of British and Dutch explorers (including Sir Francis Drake along the Pacific Coast of North America) are also indicated. From the Allen Early Map Collection. -
Loading wheat for Gt.Britain / Tacoma, W.T. 1888
Creation Date: 1888Catalog ID: 1981.94.347Call Number: 1981.94.347Black and white, distant photographic image of 3 partially visible sailing ships at the wheat wharves in Tacoma, Pierce County, W.T. loading wheat from Eastern Washington for Great Britain, 1888. Railroad tracks are prominent in the foreground, and the warehouses are in image center. Thomas H. Rutter, photographer -
British North America
Creation Date: 1834Catalog ID: 1975.14.39Call Number: MAPB/NA/1834Map of North America from Northern California to the Arctic Circle, dated 1834. Political boundaries are outlined in color, with British possessions emphasized. The area from the Columbia River, north to Alaska is shown under British domain, and identified as "Columbia". Indian tribes, forts, and major geographic features (mountians, rivers, etc) are indicated. -
"The Ships Resolution and Discovery at Nootka Sound (Ship Cove) Vancouver Island, 1778"
Creation Date: 1778-1784Catalog ID: 2013.0.23copy negative, showing "The Ships Resolution and Discovery at Nootka Sound (Ship Cove) Vancouver Island, 1778," reproduction of a very large original watercolor drawing by John Webber, located at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich London. Captain Cook's ships, Resolution and Discovery anchored at Nootka Sound in April 1778 for repair. The ships are shown at anchor with Nootka Indians and members of the crew visible working on the shore. Several canoes of Native Americans are also present in Nootka Sound. It is unclear if this illustration was also published as an lithograph in early editions of the Atlas to accompany] A Voyage of discovery of the North Pacific Ocean and round the world; in which the coast of North America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed...., volume number 3, Captain James Cook and Captain James King, published in 1784. -
Collection Item 37034
Creation Date: 1939Catalog ID: 1949.25.93Souvenir/commemorative plate, made of white ceramic. Square with broad raised rim with notched corners. Large round depression at center; raised base. Gold trim on rim. At center is British coat of arms with yellow rampant lion and rampant uniform. On rim at corners are four shields, one of red griffin; one of U.S.. eagle; one of lyre; and one of four rampant lions in orange and yellow. Inscription for visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain to the United States in 1939 on underside of plate. -
Collection Item 30995
Creation Date: 1900-1950?Catalog ID: 2007.0.119Small pin, 1900-1950? Made of gold tone metal. In shape of an oval shield with rampant lion on left and unicorn on right, both made of gold tone metal. Both stand on either side of a three part scroll. Crown at top of oval. Scroll enameled dark blue. Crown enameled dark red. Outer edge of oval is white. Inner section divided into four pieces with gold decorations of lyre, rose, three unidentified items on top left and bottom right. Straight pin fastener with C clasp. Possibly from Great Britain.
