Virginia (30)

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by de Bry, Theodor. "A Cheiff Lorde of Roanoac." Theodor de Bry's engraving of an American Indian man, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. In the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . A map of Virginia discovered to ye Hills, 1651John Farrer's 1651 map of Virginia shows the Pacific Ocean just beyond the Appalachian mountains. (Note that west is at the top of this map.) Farrer's [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . Bull Mountain, VirginiaBull Mountain, in Patrick County, Virginia, seen from a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Chesapeake Bay area, 1812-1814Map shows key locations in the Chesapeake campaign during the War of 1812, August—September [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . Circa 1714 map of Maryland, Virginia, and CarolinaJohann Baptist Homann's hand-colored engraved map Virginia Marylandia et Carolina... was first published in a 1714 atlas, and was re-published [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Civil War soldiers playing cardsCivil War soldiers playing cards At an encampment at Petersburg, Virginia, soldiers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry play cards in front of their tents during the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Cumberland Landing, Virginia, 1862View of Civil War encampment at Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Photograph taken from a hill looking down on the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Dan River, Virginia The Dan River, near Danville, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia, 1751, showing the Great Wagon Road "A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

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by . John Smith's map of Virginia, [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . John Speed's 1676 map of Bermuda, then called the Somers Isles. Speed's explanation at the center of the map reads: A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands once called the Bermudas Lying at the mouth of the bay [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

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by . From North Carolina Maps: "Shows Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina and Collins Canal near Lake Phelps, N.C. Shows cities and towns, ferries and landings, proposed and existing [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . Map/satellite image of the NC coast/barrier islands Map and satellite image of the North Carolina [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

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by de Bry, Theodor. Native American Village of PomeioocHand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of the American Indian town of Pomeiooc. De Bry's engraving, "The Towne of Pomeiooc," was originally published [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by de Bry, Theodor. Old portrait of Hernando de Soto"The Brovvyllinge of Their Fishe ouer the Flame." Theodor de Bry's engraving of two American Indian men cooking fish, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Pocahontas saves Captain Smith's lifeThis illustration from the late nineteenth century shows Pocahontas, the young daughter of Powhatan, the chief of the Algonquian Indians of the Chesapeake, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Posnet A posnet was a small metal pot with three feet. The posnet in this photo was found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Row of Union rifles, 1865 In Petersburg, Virginia, a row of Union rifles stacked against each other during the Civil War. Houses can be seen beyond the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Sailing ship in Jamestown A reproduction of one of the wooden sailing ships that brought the first settlers to Jamestown in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Satellite photo of the Mid-Atlantic states Satellite image of North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Shenandoah River An aerial view of the Shenandoah River in Virginia. The bend in the river is known as a meander or an oxbow, a natural feature that develops as the river erodes sediment from the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)