British Columbia History Portal

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Albert Tissandier, Drawings of Nature and Industry in the U.S., 1885

A virtual exhibit and digitized set of drawings produced by French illustrator Albert Tissandier on four journeys to North America in 1885, 1886, 1890 and 1893. The collection includes scenes from Van...

http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/tissandier/index.html

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Captain James Cook

A virtual and physical exhibit presented by Hanover College's Duggan Library between September 3 and December 14, 2007 on the voyages of Captain James Cook. The main purpose of the exhibit is to celeb...

http://library.hanover.edu/cook

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Heading West: Mapping the Territory

Online exhibit from the New York Public Library that highlights maps from its historical collections.

http://www.nypl.org/west/hw_subhome.shtml

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Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507-1814

Online exhibit complementing the physical exhibit that runs from November 11, 2002 to May 5, 2003 in the University of Virginia Library Special Collections. Includes several early maps of the Pacific ...

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/ch4...

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress serves as the national library of the United States of America. Special Web sites containing resources specific to British Columbia are found in the American Memory Digital Lib...

http://www.loc.gov/

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