EditorialMar?a Pita (Mar?a Mayor Fern?ndez de C?mara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English Armada commanded by Francis Drake. Portrait by Francisc...
EditorialA drawn plan of the sea coast from Cape Elizabeth on the West side of Casco Bay to St. John's River in the Bay of Fundy. A PLAN of the SEA COAST from CAPE ELIZABETH on the WEST SIDE of CASCO BAY to ST, IOHNS RIVER, IN THE BAY OF FUNDY, Including part o...
EditorialPlan of part of Black River and part of Otter Creek', possibly by one 'Ensign Wilson'; mid 18th cent. The map, which shows the two watercourses and a path between them, was intended to accompany the report by Ensign Wilson on an expedition up the Black...
EditorialA map of New York, with a plan of Central Park. The Empire State [New York] ... ([With a Plan of] the Central Park, New York City. [Surrounded with Pictures, Vignettes, a History of New York, etc.]). New York : Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning, [1862?]. Sour...
EditorialPier Map of the City of New York. Pier Map of the City of New York Surveyed and drawn for the New York Corn Exchange, by J.B. Bacon. (Maps of the Upper Part of the City and of the Centra?l Park). New York : Ensign, Bridgman and Fanning, 1864. Source: ...
EditorialA plan of the coast from Kennebeck River to Round Pond. A PLAN OF THE COAST from KENNEBECK RIVER to ROUND POND on the WEST SIDE of MUSCONGUS BAY, including the ISLANDS, RIVERS, &c. within that Extent / Surveyed agreeably to the Orders and Instructions ...
EditorialAmerican Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Society of the Cincinnati membership certificate on behalf on Robert Wilson as an Ensign in the First New York Regiment in the American Independence War. Signed by George Washington on December 10th, 1785 who w...
EditorialAmerican Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Society of the Cincinnati membership certificate on behalf on Robert Wilson as an Ensign in the First New York Regiment in the American Independence War. Signed by George Washington on December 10th, 1785 who w...
EditorialPrester John. Ho Preste Joam das Indias: verdadera informacam da. Luis Rodriguez, Lisbon, 1540. Full page woodcut of Prester John preceded by two footmen and accompanied by an ensign with a banner. Image taken from Ho Preste Joam das Indias: verdadera...
EditorialEnsign Johnny Newcome riding a horse accompanied by a subaltern with pack horse in Portugal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London,...