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80301 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Hernando De Soto, Spanish Explorer. (1500c - May 21,1542 )  CostumesExplorationPersonalitiesSpaniards  
41171 A1378 Western Canada Aviation Museum Collection     (L- R): A.T.L. Dyne, Air Engineer And S.A. Cheesman, Second Pilot On The Sir Hubert Wilkins Soviet Search Expedition Standing Beside Lockheed L10a Electra, Registration No. N-214 While In Winnipeg For Refueling  AviationExplorationPersonalities 1937, November
22965 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     1780 Portrait Of James Cook 1728-79. Painting In National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand  ExplorationPersonalities  
38197 A1276 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     A Canoe Parade Celebrating The Laverendrye Bicentennial Passes By Spectators Lining The Banks Of The Red River.,  CanoesExplorationParadesRivers 1938, September 12
2421 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Alexander Mackenzie  ExplorationPersonalities 1796c
961 A0032 Archives of Manitoba     Alexander Mackenzie (1764 -1820), Fur Trader And Explorer Who Served The North West Company. He Reached The Arctic Ocean In 1789, And The Pacific Ocean In 1793  ExplorationFur TradePersonalities  
2422 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Alexander Mackenzie (1764-1820) From A Portrait By Lawrence. Fur Trader And Explorer Who Served The North West Company. Reached The Arctic Ocean In 1789, Reached The Pacific Ocean In 1793  ExplorationFur TradePersonalities 1796c
2428 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Alexander Mackenzie At Mackenzie Delta. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys. (Same As A0076-02375)  ExplorationPersonalities 1790c
2429 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Alexander Mackenzie At The Pacific. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1789
2375 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Alexander Mackenzie On Mackenzie Delta. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys. (Same As A0078-02428)  ExplorationPersonalities 1790c
7952 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Amateur Theatricals On Board The Alert. Parry Was Enthusiastic About Staging Plays To Alleviate Boredom  ExplorationTheatre  
80330 0 International Portrait Gallery     Amelia Earhart, American Aviator. (July 24, 1898 - July, 1937)  AmericansAviationExplorationWomen  
2357 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Anthony Henday Enters The Blackfoot Camp, 1754. From The Painting By Franklin Arbuckle, Rca, For The Hudson'S Bay Company. Courtesy Of Hbc  ExplorationPersonalities 1754
16430 A0515 Miscellaneous Collection     Arrival Of Jacques Cartier At Quebec.,  ExplorationShips 1535
2386 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Artist'S Concept Of Christopher Columbus On Deck Of His Ship  ExplorationPersonalitiesShips 1492
2388 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Artist'S Concept Of Vikings Approach To North America  ExplorationPersonalities  
8713 A0271 Miscellaneous Collection     Artist'S Sketch Of Henry Hudson Cast Adrift In A Small Boat With His Son And Companions After The Crew Had Mutinied  ExplorationPersonalities 1610
8710 A0271 Miscellaneous Collection     Artist'S Sketch Of Vikings In North America  ExplorationIcelanders 986c
2385 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Artist'S Version Of Christopher Columbus Awaking America  ExplorationPersonalities 1492
2392 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Artist’S Concept Of Spaniards In America  ExplorationPersonalities  
2191 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Baret'S Expedition Hunting Polar Bears In Arctic. Photo From A Drawing  BearsBoatsExplorationShips  
2476 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Birth Of Victoria, Bc. James Douglas Chose The Site Which Became Victoria, Bc. James Douglas, A Chief Factor Of The Hudson'S Bay Company, Selected The Site For A Trading Post, At Fort Victoria Overlooking The Straits Of Juan De Fuca. In The Spring Of 1845, The Hbc Annual Supply Ship Dropped Anchor And From Then On The Post'S Trade Gradually Grew In Importance. In 1858 A Town Site Was Laid Out And Named Victoria. With The Gold Strikes On The Fraser River, Overnight The Tiny Port Became A Shipping Centre. In 1858 Governor James Douglas Took Over The Administration Of The Newly Constituted Mainland Colony Which Joined With Vancouver Island In 1866. Known As British Columbia The United Colony Entered Into Confederation As A Province In 1871. Image From A Painting By J.D. Kelly. (Colour Slide)  ExplorationHudson Bay CompanyPersonalitiesPorts 1843
40175 A1344 Lorraine Smith     Box Contains Bones Of Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau S.J. And Jean-Baptiste La Verendrye Who Were Killed Along With 19 Of Their Companions On An Island In The Lake Of The Woods On June 6, 1736. Originally, The Bones Were Buried At Fort St. Charles And Recovered In The Early 1900s. They Were Then Stored At The St. Boniface College In 1912. The College Was Destroyed By Fire In 1922 And The Bones Were Rescued And Identified. On June 6, 1976, The Bones Were Buried At The Base Of The Monument Dedicated In The Memory Of Father Aulneau And La Verendrye. Photo Courtesy Lorraine Smith  ArtifactsExplorationGravesMonuments 1976
80244 0 International Portrait Gallery     Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody), American Frontiersman And Showman, Riding On A White Horse. (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917)  CostumesEntertainmentExplorationHorsesPersonalitiesRiding  
2485 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Canada's first Trade Tready. Viceroy and Governor of New France, Count Frontenac meeting with Iroquois Chiefs and Deputies of the Five Iorquois Nations at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (Now Kingston, Ontario). Frontenac planned a fort on Lake Ontario to resist the English and Dutch claims on the fur trade. To pacify the Iroquois and impress them, Frontenac brought an armed force of 400 including friendly Aglonquins and Hurons and several cannons. The Chiefs were received with presents and feasting. Convinced by Frontenac of his deep concern for their people, the Chiefs agreed to the French terms. Thus came about Canada's first Trade Treaty. Frontenac returned to Montreal confident that he held the key to the Great Lakes. On his return he took eight aboriginal children with him to be given a French education. Image from a painting by J.D. Kelly.  BearsCostumesExplorationFur TradePersonalities 1673, July 12
2461 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Canada'S First Shipyard. The Ship Building Industry Really Started With The Arrival Of Intendant Jean Talon At Quebec In 1665. In 1670, He Established The First Shipyard On The St. Charles River, Where It Enters The St. Lawrence At Quebec. He Is Shown In This Photo Discussing The Ship Building With The Shipwright. Another Man Is Kneeling Determining A Curve. Workers At The Left Are Ripping Long Planks With A Saw. The Model And The Ship Beyond Are Typical Of The Period. In France Fully Rigged Models Up To 30 Feet Were Pretested On Miniature Lakes With A Crew Of Seamen Aboard  ConstructionCostumesExplorationLabourPersonalitiesShips 1672
7950 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Capt. Charles Frances Hall Before Departure Of The Polaris.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1871
7940 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Capt. Edward Parry. Published After His Outstandingly Successful Expedition 1819-20  ExplorationPersonalities 1821
2467 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Captain George Vancouver Surveying English Bay Near Entrance To Burrard Inlet. Here A Century Later A City Was Named After Him "Vancouver". He Returned To England In 1795. It Was Not Until The1858 Cariboo Gold Rush And The Coming Ot The Railroad That Settlers Began Streaming Into The Area And In 1886 The City Of Vancouver Was Incorpoated  BoatsExplorationPersonalitiesUniforms 1792
22964 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     Captain James Cook 1728 - 1779, English Mariner. Medallion Portrait By Josiah Wedgewood From A Design By John Flaxman 1784.  ExplorationPersonalities  
22966 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     Captain James Cook. Portrait By Sir Lionel Cust Done After Original By John Webber.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
20872 A0682 Miscellaneous Collection     Captain Jens Munck'S Map Of Hudson Bay And Hudson Strait. An Engraving From Navigatio Septentrionalis  ExplorationMaps 1924
2472 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Captain John Franklin Exploring Great Bear Lake, The Continent'S Fourth Largest Lake, Where He Spent The Fall And Winter, Studying And Exploring Its Shoreline. Franklin Returned To England In 1827. He Was Knighted In 1829, And In 1845 Disappeared While Searching For The Legendary North West Passsage. His Two Ships, "Erebus" And "Terror" Had Been Crushed In The Ice And He Along With His Entire Crew Had Perished. With Modern Technology Man Is Tapping The Vast Deposits Of Mineral Wealth Lying In The Great Bear Region. Photo From A Painting By J.D. Kelly  CanoesCostumesEquipmentExplorationFlagsPersonalities 1825
2432 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Captain John Palliser  ExplorationPersonalities 1859
2433 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Captain John Palliser And Dr. Hector In The West  ExplorationPersonalities 1857-1859
2434 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Captain John Palliser On His Expedition In The West. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1857
13895 A0431 Miscellaneous Collection     Captain Thomas James, Drawing. Made A Voyage To Discover North West Passage To Far East  ExplorationNorth West PassagePersonalities 1631
7925 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Captain Thomas James, Narine Explorer, Cartographer, Author. In 1631 He Was Commissioned By A Group Of Bristol Merchants To Look For The North West Passage Out Of Hudson Bay. After Exploring The Western Coast Of The Bay, He Decided That The Northwest Pas,  ArtAuthorsExplorationNorth West PassagePersonalities 1631
2381 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Caravan Commanded By Marco Polo Sets Out For A Mission To Kubla Khan In Northern China  ExplorationPersonalities  
2390 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Cartier In St. Lawrence  ExplorationPersonalities 1535
8575 A0268 Miscellaneous Collection     Cartier Meets Indians Of St. Lawrence River. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1535
8574 A0268 Miscellaneous Collection     Champlain Supervising Building Of Habitation At Port Royal. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ConstructionExplorationPersonalities 1605
8573 A0268 Miscellaneous Collection     Champlain Taking An Observation With Astrolabe On The Ottawa River. Drawing By C.W. Jeffereys.,  CanoesExplorationPersonalities 1613
80655 0 International Portrait Gallery     Charles A. Lindbergh, American Aviator. (February 4,1902- )  AmericansAviationExplorationPersonalitiesUniforms  
7945 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Charles Wilkes. American Antarctic Explorer In 1838.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
80249 0 International Portrait Gallery     Christopher Columbus, Discoverer Of America In 1492?. (1451 - May 20, 1506)  ExplorationItaliansPersonalities  
7931 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Christopher Columbus.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1492
12609 A0390 Major L.J. Charles Collection     Churchill Harbour Is Protected By A Formation Of Barren Windswept Rock. Samuel Hearne, Noted Explorer And Later, Governor Of Fort Prince Of Wales At Entrance To This Natural Harbour, Left His Name Carved In Rock On The West Shore. Jens Munk Wintered Nea,  ExplorationHarboursMonuments  
2449 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Critical Position Of Hms "Investigator" On The North Coast Of Baring Island, August 20, 1851. A Lithograph From A Series Of Eight Sketches In Colour (Together With A Chart Of The Route) By Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, Of The Voyage Of Hms "Investigator" (Captain Mcclure) During The Discovery Of The North West Passage  BoatsExplorationIcebergsNorth West PassageShips 1851
38050 A1271 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Crowd Examining Tri-Motor Ford Plane At St. Charles Airdrome, Winnipeg. The Aircraft Was One Commander Richard Byrd Was To Use In His Antarctic Explorations  AircraftAirportsAviationExploration 1928, April 7
7941 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Cutting A Passage With Ice Saws For Fury & Hecla To Reach A Safe Winter Anchorage Off Melville Peninsula During Parry'S Second Expedition.,  ExplorationShips  
2384 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     D'Iberville'S Defeat Of The English Ships In Hudson Bay. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  BattlesExplorationMilitaryPersonalitiesShips 1697
2208 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     D'Iberville'S Ship The “Pelican” Wrecked Off Mouth Of Nelson River  BoatsShipsExplorationWrecksAccidents 1697
80125 0 International Portrait Gallery     Daniel Boone, American Pioneer, With His Gun, His Cap, And His Dog  AmericansCostumesDogsExplorationGuns  
13894 A0431 Miscellaneous Collection     Danish Captain Jens Munck'S Map Of Churchill Harbour. An Engraving From Navigatio Septentrionalis  ExplorationHarboursMaps 1619
2584 A0083 Archives of Manitoba     Danish Captain Jens Munck'S Map Of Churchill Harbour. An Engraving From Navigatio Septentrionalis  ExplorationHarboursMapsPorts 1624
80272 0 International Portrait Gallery     David (Davey) Crockett, American Frontiersman. (August 17,1786 - March 6, 1836)  AmericansExplorationPersonalities  
80663 0 International Portrait Gallery     David Livingstone, Scottish Missionary And Explorer With A Map Of Africa Spread Out On His Lap. (March 19, 1813 - May1, 1873)  ExplorationMapsPersonalitiesReligionScots  
2427 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     David Thompson In Athabasca Pass. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys In Imperial Oil Collection  ExplorationPersonalities 1810
7949 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Death Of John Franklin. From A Painting By Thomas Smith Of 1895.,  EventsExploration 1845
2488 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Discovery Of Canada. John Cabot, Born In Genoa, Italy, And Apprenticed To A Great Trading House In Venice, Wanted To See The Far East. He Thought The Earth Was Round And Was Determined To Sail West Across The Atlantic In Search To The Route. King Henry Vii (Of England) And The Merchants Of Bristol Financed His Voyages To Find Such A Route But He Was Unsuccessful. In 1493, Word Reached England That Christopher Columbus Had Discovered America The Year Before. So Cabot Decided To Try Again. In 1497 With A Crew Of 18 Aboard The Tiny Ship "Mathew" & His Son Sebastian He Reached What He Thought Was The Coast Of Asia. Actually It Was The Coast Of What Is Now Canada. The Cross Of St. George (Flag) Was Unfurled There And Thus John Cabot And His Son Sebastian Planted The First British Flag On North America. Image From A Painting By J.K. Kelly  BoatsExplorationFlagsPersonalitiesPoliticsShips 1497
18538 A0588 Institute of Arctic Research Collection     Document Regarding Search Party For Franklin Expedition On Cornwallis Island  DocumentsExploration  
80684 0 International Portrait Gallery     Donald Baxter Macmillan, American Arctic Explorer. (November 10, 1874 - )  AmericansCostumesExplorationPersonalities  
2438 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Dr. John Rae (1813-1893), Medical Group Doctor With Hbc. He Learned The Fate Of The Franklin Expedition. From An Engraving By James Scott. Published By Henry Graves And Co., (London, 1858). Courtesy Of Hbc  ExplorationHudson Bay CompanyMedicinePersonalities  
23374 A0779 Miscellaneous Collection     Dr. John Rae Finds Franklin Relics At Pelly Bay. From A Painting By Charles F. Comfort R.C.A.,  DogsEskimosExplorationInuitPersonalitiesSleds 1854
2393 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing By C.W. Jefferys Of Columbus' Ships  BoatsExplorationShips  
2394 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing By C.W. Jefferys Of Columbus' Ships  BoatsExplorationShips  
7943 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Drawing By George Back Shows An Awkward Incident During Franklin'S Second Journey To The Arctic Ocean When A Group Of Eskimos (Indians?) Plundered His Boats. To His Credit Major Violence Was Avoided  EskimosEventsExploration  
2420 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing Of Alexander Mackenzies' Party Travelling By Canoe  CanoesExplorationPersonalities 1796c
2192 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing Of Arctic Expedition  BoatsExplorationShips  
2144 A0070 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing Of Columbus' Ships  BoatsExplorationShips 1492
2440 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing Of Ship Searching For North West Passage, (1534-1859)  BoatsExplorationNorth West PassageShips  
2366 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing Of Wreck Of Ship “Pelican” Commanded By Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville  BoatsExplorationShipsWrecks 1697
2380 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Drawing Showing Vikings In North America  ExplorationPersonalities  
22492 A0745 Miscellaneous Collection     Drawing Shows Accommadation Used By Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle And Viscount Milton Of England As They Travelled Across The North American Continent To Victoria  ExplorationPersonalities 1862
22491 A0745 Miscellaneous Collection     Drawing Shows Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle And Viscount Milton Of England As They Travelled Across North America To Victoria  ExplorationPersonalities 1862
22490 A0745 Miscellaneous Collection     Drawing Shows Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle And Viscount Milton Of England As They Travelled Across North America To Victoria By Canoe And Horseback Across The Rockies By Way Of The Yellowhead Pass.  ExplorationPersonalities 1862
2459 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Drawings By C.W. Jefferys Of (L- R): John Palliser On His Expedition In 1857; Capt. John Palliser; Dr. Hector, 1860  ExplorationPersonalities  
2189 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Dutch Engraving Of The Ship “Discovery”  BoatsExplorationShips 1598
2458 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Early Explorers  Exploration  
80017 0 International Portrait Gallery     Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., American Astronaut. (January 20, 1930 - )  AmericansAstronauticsExplorationPersonalities  
2353 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Fleet Of La Verendrye’S Canoes Exploring The West. Drawing  CanoesExplorationPersonalities  
55816 A1703 Per Holting Collection     Fort Churchill, Mb, Was Established As A Military Air And Hospital Base In 1942 And Was Occupied By Various United States And Canadian Military Units Until April, 1964, When The Canadian Federal Department Of Public Works Accepted The Responsibility Of Operating The Camp. Technical Support And Flight Operations Sections Are Located Within The Camp Area. The Department Of Transport Provides Hangar And Runway Service To Various Range Users During Special Operations Such As Skyhook Balloon Operations And Airborne Logistic Support And Airborne Expeditions  BasesBuildingsCampsExplorationFortsMilitary 1955c
2460 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Founding Of Halifax By Col. Edward Cornwallis, Governor Of Nova Scotia. In The Uniform Of The 24th Foot, He Is Discussing Plans For Fortifications And Dwellings With John Bruce, Engineer. The Site Has Been Surveyed And There Has Been A Distrubution Of Farming Land And Building Lots To The Heads Offamilies. Clearing And Constrution Are Being Rushed As There Is A Great Deal To Be Done Before The Coming Of Winter. The First English-Speaking Settlement In This Part Of Canada, Halifax Quickly Assumed What Proved A Key Role In Naval And Military History. Cornwallis Brought Carpenters From Annapolis, Lumber, Shingles, And Iron From New England, For Churches, Schools And A Hospital. Halifax Became A Provincial Capital In 1785 And Canada'S First Legislative Assembly In October 2, 1758. Note The Ship In The Background  ConstructionExplorationPersonalitiesPortsTownsUniformsWomen 1749, Summer
7954 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Fridtjof Nansen At Time Of His Crossing Greenland Ice Cap.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1888
7955 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer, Norwegian. In Later Years A Respected Statesman.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1925c
80808 0 International Portrait Gallery     Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic Explorer. (October 10, 1861 - May 13, 1930)  ExplorationNorwegiansPersonalities  
80714 0 International Portrait Gallery     From A Painting Jacques Marquette, French Missionary And Explorer. (June 1, 1637 - May 18, 1675)  ExplorationFrenchPersonalitiesReligion  
81025 0 International Portrait Gallery     From A Painting Robert Falcon Scott, English Explorer. (June 6, 1868 - March 29, 1912)  EnglishExplorationPersonalities  
2346 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Frontenac On Way To Cataraqui By Canoe  ExplorationPersonalities 1673
16432 A0515 Miscellaneous Collection     Frontenac.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
7942 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     George Back (1796 -1878) From A Portrait Made Long After His Exploratory Days. The Excellent Engravings That Accompanied Franklin'S Account Of His Canadian Travels Were Made From Back'S Drawing.  ExplorationPersonalities  
40179 A1344 Lorraine Smith     Head And Shoulders View Of Statue Of Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau Sj, On Grounds Of St. Boniface Basilica (Cathedral). Photo Courtesy O F Lorraine Smith  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalities 1976, October 17
40178 A1344 Lorraine Smith     Head And Shoulders View Of Statue Of Jean-Baptiste La Verendrye On Grounds Of St. Boniface Basilica (Cathedral). Photo Courtesy Of Lorraine Smith  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalities 1976, October 17
2407 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Henry Hudson With His Son And Loyal Crew Set Adrift By His Mutinous Men  ExplorationPersonalities  
13896 A0431 Miscellaneous Collection     Henry Hudson With His Son And Loyal Crew Set Adrift In The Bay He Discovered. From A Painting By J. Collier  BoatsExplorationPersonalities 1611
13893 A0431 Miscellaneous Collection     Henry Hudson, His Son And Sick Crew Set Adrift By A Mutinous Crew. Drawing  BoatsExplorationPersonalities 1611
2405 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Henry Hudson. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities  
2406 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Henry Hudson. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities  
2368 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Henry Kelsey - First White Man To See The Prairies. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1755
1891 A0062 Archives of Manitoba     Henry Kelsey, Explorer, First White Man On The Plains Observing A Buffalo Hunt. Photo From Confederation Life Association Painting  AboriginalsBuffaloExplorationPersonalities 1691, August 23
80265 0 International Portrait Gallery     Hernando Cortez, Spanish Explorer. (September 2, 1485 - 1547)  ExplorationPersonalitiesSpaniards  
2186 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Hms (Her Majesty’S Ship) “Terror” Caught In The Ice In Hudson'S Strait. Painting  BoatsExplorationIceIcebergsShips 1847c
2193 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Hms “Erebus” And “Terror” Before Sailing In Sir John Franklin'S Expedition. Drawing  BoatsExplorationShips 1845c
2182 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Hms “Resolution” Caught In Ice. From A Drawing  BoatsExplorationIceIcebergsShips  
2185 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Hms “Terror” Caught In The Ice In Hudson'S Strait. Painting  BoatsExplorationIceIcebergsShips 1847c
2374 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Indians Trading With The French In Early 17th Century. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationFur Trade  
37598 A1255 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Irene M. Spry, Author Of “History Of The Palliser Expedition 1857 - 1960”  AuthorsExplorationHistoryPersonalitiesWomen 1963, November 21
2397 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Jacque Cartier Meets Indians Of St. Lawrence  ExplorationPersonalities 1535
2487 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Jacques Cartier (From St. Malo, France) Was Commissioned By The King Of France, King Francis I To Find The North West Passage To The Spice Islands. He Sailed Through The Straits Of Belle Isle And Explored The Gulf Of St. Lawrence. He Entered And Named The Bay Of Chaleurs And Spent July 12th And 13th In Gaspe Area. Cartier Is Seen Here Bartering With Indians He Met In 1534 With Perce Rock In The Background. On July 24th He Planted A 30 Foot Cross With The Fleur-De-Lis Flag And The Words "Vive Le Roy De France" (Long Live The King Of France). On His Second Trip From France In 1535 Up The St. Lawrence As Far As Hochelaga (Now Montreal) Many Of His Men Were Decimated By Scurvy So He Returned To France. On His Third Trip In 1541, Cartier Established A Fort At Cap Rouge. Image From A Painting By J.D. Kelly  CostumesExplorationFlagsNorth West PassagePersonalitiesShips 1534
16429 A0515 Miscellaneous Collection     Jacques Cartier.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
7944 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     James Clarke Ross, (1800-62) British Polar Explorer Of 19th Century.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
8576 A0268 Miscellaneous Collection     John Cabot Sighting North America. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys.,  BoatsExplorationPersonalities 1497
2371 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     John Cabot Sighting North America. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1497
2372 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     John Cabot Sighting North America. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1497
80433 0 International Portrait Gallery     John H. Glenn Jr., American Astronaut. (July 18, 1921 - )  AstronauticsExplorationPersonalities  
7939 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     John Ross, First Of Great British Arctic Captains Of 19th Century.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1818
2358 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Kelsey Sees The Buffalo, August 1691. From The Painting By C.W. Jefferys For The Hbc. Courtesy Of Hbc  BuffaloExplorationPersonalities 1691
80193 0 International Portrait Gallery     Kit Carson, American Frontiersman. (December 24, 1809 - May 23, 1868)  AmericansExplorationMilitary  
80931 0 International Portrait Gallery     Knud Rasmussen, Danish Arctic Explorer. (June 7, 1879 - December 21, 1933)  DanesExplorationPersonalities  
2145 A0070 Archives of Manitoba     La Salle'S Ships. Drawing  BoatsExplorationShips  
30565 A1019 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     La Verandrye Statue, Tache Avenue, St. Boniface  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalities 1980, April 30
70650 A2307 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Collection     La Verendrye Statue (1938) In Park Across From St. Boniface General Hospital. (4x5 Neg.)  ExplorationFur TradeHospitalsMonumentsParksPersonalitiesStatues 1958, June
7946 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Lady Franklin, Wife Of Sir John Franklin.,  ExplorationPersonalitiesWomen  
7948 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Leopold Mcclintock Led An Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin Expedition. Portrait By Stephen Pearce In National Portrait Gallery.  ExplorationPersonalities  
2365 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Louis Frontenac Joins In War Dance. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  DanceExplorationPersonalities 1673
35240 A1176 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     M. L. A. Philip Petursson (R) Presenting, On Behalf Of The Icelandic National League, A Bust Of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Noted Northern Explorer, To Manitoba Education Minister George Johnson  ExplorationIcelandersPersonalitiesPoliticsStatues 1968, February
80191 0 International Portrait Gallery     M. Scott Carpenter, American Astronaut. (May 1, 1925 - )  AstronauticsExplorationPersonalities  
22970 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     Manitoba Immigrant.,  ExplorationImmigrationPersonalities  
21027 A0690 Miscellaneous Collection     Map Of Assiniboia Drawn In 1811. From Martin, The Hudson Bay Company'S Land Tenures, 1898  ExplorationMaps  
22494 A0745 Miscellaneous Collection     Map Of British North America Showing Route Of Lord Milton And Dr. W.B. Cheadle 1862- 1863  ExplorationMaps  
2593 A0083 Archives of Manitoba     Map Of Henry Hudson'S Voyages In The Arctic  ExplorationMaps 1610
61771 A1972 Canadian Grain Commission     Map Of Western Canada Showing Zones Outlined By Pallister And Hind, In1860.  AgricultureExplorationMaps 1860
2581 A0083 Archives of Manitoba     Map Showing Alexander Mackenzie'S Explorations  ExplorationMaps  
2597 A0083 Archives of Manitoba     Map Showing La Verendreye'S Trip To The Mandans  ExplorationMaps  
2592 A0083 Archives of Manitoba     Map Showing The Route Followed By Anthony Henday  ExplorationMaps 1754-1755
2594 A0083 Archives of Manitoba     Map Tracking Henry Kelsey'S Explorations: Shows Fort Nelson And York Factory, The Hayes River, And Deerings Point  ExplorationMaps 1691
18399 A0584 Institute of Arctic Research Collection     Maurice Haycock, Rankin Inlet, Nt, Arctic Research Training Centre (Artc) Staff Member  CampsExplorationPersonalitiesResearchUniversities 1969
22967 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     Medallon Portrait By Josiah Wedgewood From A Design By John Flaxman 1784.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
2361 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Meeting Of Explorers In North. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  Exploration  
41555 A1394 Western Canada Aviation Museum Collection     Members Of The Richmond Gulf Expedition In Front Of Their Aircraft  AircraftAviationExploration 1930c
5085 A0161 Charles Campbell Collection     Men Searching For Ore  ExplorationMining  
2431 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Methy Portage After Franklin. Second Expedition  CanoesExploration  
2211 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Model Of Columbus' Ship “Nina”. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  BoatsExplorationShips 1492
2212 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Model Of Columbus' Ship “Pinta”. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  BoatsExplorationShips 1492
2210 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Model Of Columbus' Ship “Santa Maria”. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  BoatsExplorationShips 1492
7457 A0232 Miscellaneous Collection     Monument Dedicated To David Thompson At North West Angle, Lake Of The Woods.,  ExplorationMonuments 1977, August
40174 A1344 Lorraine Smith     Monument Dedicated To The Memory Of Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau S.J. And Jean-Baptiste La Verendrye, 22 Years, (Son Of Pierre Laverendrye), Who Along With 19 Of Their Companions Were Killed By The Indians (Aboriginals) On An Island In The Lake Of The Woods On June 6, 1736. Photo Courtesy Of Lorraine Smith  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalitiesReligion 1976, October 17
40173 A1344 Lorraine Smith     Monument Of Jean-Baptiste La Verendrye And Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau S.J.(Soldier Of Jesus) On The Grounds Of St. Boniface Basilica Cathedral. Photo Courtesy Of Lorraine Smith.  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalities 1976, October 17
8208 A0257 Miscellaneous Collection     Monument Of Pierre La Verendrye With A Copy Of His Flag In Background. St. Boniface, Mb  ExplorationFlagsMonuments 1978
7935 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Mouth Of Coppermine River On Arctic Ocean Reached By Samuel Hearne, An Employee Of Hbc In 1771  ExplorationHudson Bay CompanyRiversTents  
959 A0032 Archives of Manitoba     Mr. Samuel Hearne, Late Chief Of Prince Of Wales Fort, Hudson Bay. Photo From A Colour Engraving.  ExplorationPersonalities 1767
80039 0 International Portrait Gallery     Neil A. Armstrong, American Astronaut, As A Very Young Man. (August 5, 1930 - )  AmericansAstronauticsExplorationPersonalities  
2373 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Nineteenth Century Portrayal Of Henry Hudson Cast Adrift By His Mutinous Crew, With His Son John And A Few Loyal Sailors. Painting By The Honourable John Collier  ExplorationPersonalities 1611
15512 A0483 Miscellaneous Collection     Ochagaeh'S Map  ExplorationMaps  
2493 A0080 Archives of Manitoba     Image from a painting by J.D. Kelly. On his last voyage to find the North West Passage, Captain James Cook spent two months at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island repairing his ships "Resolution" and "Discovery." While visiting an aboriginal village he watched the people there building a dugout canoe from a huge cedar log with stones, hatchets, adzes, and fire. He also noted their crafts of bird and animal masks. In the background is Captain Cook's ship, and the mountains.   BoatsConstructionCostumesExplorationFishingPersonalitiesShips 1778
6586 A0207 James A. Richardson Collection     Outcrop Of Axe Claim Between Pistol Bay & Corbett Inlet. C.R. Rumsey & Peter Rodstrom Standing On A Schisted Zone 8 Ft Wide, A Chipped Sample Of Which Assayed $20.00 In Gold Per Ton.  ExplorationMiningPersonalities 1928
7930 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Painting By Carl Rasmussen Of The Discovery Of Greenland By The Vikings. A.D. 983.,  BoatsExplorationShips 983
2443 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Painting By Lt. S.G. Cresswell. Discovery Of Princess Royal Islands Where The Investigator Wintered (1850-1851)  BoatsExplorationShips  
26447 A0888 Miscellaneous Collection     Painting By Samuel Hearne Showing A Winter View In The Athapuscow Lake. Photo From Glass Lantern Slide  ExplorationLakesTrees 1771
2442 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Painting By William Chimmo. The Ships “Herald’ And The “Ploner” In Bering Strait  BoatsExplorationShips  
2207 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Painting Of Captain Cook'S Ship “Resolution And Discovery” And Discovery Of Hawaii  BoatsExplorationShips 1768
2399 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Painting Of Christopher Columbus' Departure For America  EventsExplorationPersonalities  
2344 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Painting Of Henry Hudson And His Son Being Set Adrift By Mutinous Crew  ExplorationPersonalities 1610
2435 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Painting Showing Pillaging The Boats Of Franklin'S Second Expedition  BoatsEskimosExplorationInuit  
2338 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Palliser And Hector In The West  ExplorationPersonalities 1857-1859
2184 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Peary'S Ship The Kite Among The Icebergs. Painting  BoatsExplorationIcebergsShips  
66813 A2163 Gait Agricultural Collection     Personnel of the British North American Boundary Commission 1873-1874. During 1873 and 1874 an Anglo-American commission surveyed and marked the boundary between Canada and the United States from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. The trails and the supply depots established by the boundary commission were used by the NWMP on the first part of their trek westward in the summer of 1874. Among the personnel shown are: Captain D.R. Comeron (seated 3rd from the left) the British Commissioner; L.W. Herchmer (standing 4th from the Left) the Commissions Commissionary who was later commissioner of the NWMP from 1886-1900; and G.M. Dawson (standing 6th from the left) who in spite of a physical deformity was to become one of Canada's outstanding geologists and explorers.  AgricultureBoundary CommissionExplorationPersonalitiesRCMPSurveying 1900c
25460 A0851 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Philip Henry Godsell, F.R.G.S., Winnipeg resident, born in Wolverhampton, England; author, fur trader, and explorer of Northern Canada.  AuthorsExplorationFur TradePersonalities c. 1930
34254 A1143 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Phillipe Cousteau, Sub-Aquatic Explorer, Son Of Jacques Cousteau, Outside Of Kenora During Preparations For A New Film Producton  CinemaExplorationPersonalities 1976, August 5
2360 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Photo Of Statue Of La Verendrye In St. Boniface, Manitoba  ExplorationMonumentsStatues  
2359 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Photo Of Statue Of La Verendrye In St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Mb  ExplorationMonumentsStatues  
43294 A1429 Canadian National Railway Collection     Photograph Of Samuel Hearne'S Signature On Rocks Near Fort Prince Of Wales, Near Churchill, Mb  ExplorationFortsFur TradeMonuments 1767, July
43295 A1429 Canadian National Railway Collection     Photograph Of Signatures On Rocks Near Fort Prince Of Wales, Near Churchill, Mb  ExplorationFortsFur TradeMonuments 1741
22969 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     Pierre Gaultier De Varennes Laverendye. The Head Of A Statue In St. Boniface, Mb  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalities  
960 A0032 Archives of Manitoba     Pierre Le Moyne D'Ibervill (1662 -1709). Naval Officer And Founder Of Louisiana, Who Fought Against The British At York Factory. He Recaptured York Factory In 1697, After Which It Remained In French Hands Until The Treaty Of Utrecht In 1713.  ExplorationPersonalities 1686
22968 A0763 Miscellaneous Collection     Portrait Of James Cook By Sir Nathaniel Dance (1735-1811). Oil Painting, Painted For Sir Joseph Banks In 1776.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
2153 A0070 Archives of Manitoba     Radission'S Trip On “Nonsuch”. Drawing  BoatsExplorationShips 1500c
2209 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Radisson & Groseilliers On Board “Nonsuch” In Canada  BoatsExplorationShips 1668
2377 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Radisson Meets Indians In A Winter Camp. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities  
2448 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Raising The Flag At Cape Herchelle, Ellesmere Island  ExplorationFlags  
12313 A0381 Miscellaneous Collection     Record From Sir John Franklin Expedition, Reproduced In Richardson'S Arctic Regions.,  DocumentsExploration  
7947 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Relics Of “Erebus” & “Terror” Brought Back By Mcclintock In The “Fox”. They Include: A Dipping Needle (At Right), A Pair Of Snow Goggles (Left Foreground), Gun Medicine Chest And Prayer Book. Spears In Background Are Eskimo Weapons  ArtifactsBooksEquipmentExplorationWeapons  
2197 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Return Of Ship “Nonsuch” To London. Painting  BoatsExplorationShips 1669
80175 0 International Portrait Gallery     Richard Evelyn Byrd, American Naval Officer And Polar Explorer In Uniform With A Map Of The World Behind Him. (October 25,1888 - March 11, 1957)  AmericansExplorationMilitaryUniforms  
7957 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928, Was First To Winter In Antarctic; First To Sail North West Passage; First To Reach South Pole And First To Make Spitzbergen-Alaska Crossing In Airship “Norge”  ExplorationNorth West PassagePersonalities  
80026 0 International Portrait Gallery     Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer. (July 16, 1872 - June 1928)  ExplorationNorwegiansPersonalities  
2436 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Roald Amundson, 1872-1928, Norwegian Explorer  ExplorationPersonalities 1903c
80868 0 International Portrait Gallery     Robert E. Peary, American Arctic Explorer On A Ship. (May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920)  CostumesExplorationPersonalitiesShips  
2382 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Champlain Supervising Building Of Port Royal. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalitiesPorts 1605
25115 A0840 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Samuel De Champlain  ExplorationPersonalities 1608c
2352 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel De Champlain (C.1570-1635). Painter, Explorer, Geographer, Administrator. Trained In France. Lived In New France (1603 - 1935) Except For Occasional Visits To France. In Course Of Wide Explorations Penetrated To Eastern End Of Lake Ontario. In 1632 He Drew The Carte De La Nouvele France Which Included His Idea Of Manitoba Region Gained From Native Reports  ExplorationPersonalities 1615
2455 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel De Champlain In 1615, Was Instrumental In Having Father Joseph Le Caron Estabish A Mission In Huronia (The Most Densely Populated Part Of New France, Lying Between Georgian Bay And Lake Wimcoe In What Is Now Ontario). After Attending The First Mass At Carhagouha On August 12, Champlain And Etienne Brule Prpared To Join A Huron Excursion Against The Iroquois. This Photo, From A Painting By Rex Woods, Shows Them On Lake Wimcoe Near Orillia On September 8th. Taking Different Routes They Circled Lake Ontario. On October 10th, Before Brule Could Rendezvous With 500 Andastes Indians For An Attack From The Rear, Champlain Had Been Defeated Near Oneida Lake. Severely Wounded, He Recuperated In Huronia. Champlain And Father Le Caron Spent A Month Before Returning To Quebec In May 1616. Champlain Was Governor Until He Died In 1635  CanoesCostumesExplorationMissionsPersonalities 1615
20868 A0682 Public Archives of Canada     Samuel De Champlain Map, Carte De La Nouvelle-France, Engraving  ExplorationMaps 1632
20869 A0682 Public Archives of Canada     Samuel De Champlain Map, Carte De La Nouvelle-France, Engraving  ExplorationMaps 1632
20870 A0682 Public Archives of Canada     Samuel De Champlain Map, Carte De La Nouvelle-France, Engraving  ExplorationMaps 1632
16431 A0515 Miscellaneous Collection     Samuel De Champlain.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
2370 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne (1745 - 1792). Fur Trader, Explorer, Cartographer, Artist, Writer And Naturalist. After Service In The British Navy, He Joined Hbc. His Most Important Exploration (1770 - 1772) Involved Tracing The Coppermine River To The Arctic Ocean.  ArtExplorationFur TradePersonalities 1772
2362 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne And Fort Prince Of Wales. Photo From A Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationFortsPersonalities 1795
2423 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne Builds Cumberland House, 1774 -1775. Photo From A Painting By Franklin Arbuckle, Rca, For The Hbc  ExplorationFortsPersonalities 1774-1775
2424 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne On His Journey To The Coppermine River. Photo From Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1770
2355 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne'S Inscription On Rocks At Hudson Bay  ExplorationMonuments 1747
2356 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne'S Inscription On Rocks At Hudson Bay  ExplorationMonuments 1747
2363 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne'S Inscription On Rocks At Hudson Bay  ExplorationMonuments 1747
2364 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Samuel Hearne'S Inscription On Rocks At Hudson Bay  ExplorationMonuments 1747
7953 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Scene That Greeted Rescuers Of The American Major A.W. Greely.,  Exploration 1885, June 22
38147 A1274 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Seismic Crew Member Walking In Front Of A New Bombadier Tandem Tractor That Carries 10 Tons And Can Drill To A Depth Of 1500 Feet  EquipmentExplorationOilTractors 1959, June 15
38143 A1274 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Seismic Crew On-Line In The Northwest Territories  ExplorationOil 1958, January 25
2187 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Ship Caught In The Ice. Drawing  BoatsExplorationIceIcebergsShips 1850c
2378 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Simcoe At Building Of Fort York. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationFortsPersonalities 1793
2425 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Simon Fraser Descending Fraser River. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1808
2426 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Simon Fraser. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1808
2330 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Francis Drake  ExplorationPersonalities  
2341 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Francis Drake  ExplorationPersonalities  
2325 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Francis Drake. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities  
7951 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Sir George Nares (1831-1915). Led British Arctic Expedition Of 1875-76.,  ExplorationPersonalities  
25573 A0856 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Sir Hubert Wilkins (Centre), British Explorer And Commander Of The Submarine Nautilus, Pauses At Stevenson Field In Winnipeg With The Rest Of His Party In The Midst Of His Air Search For The Lost Levaneky Arctic Expedition. Others From Left: Al Dyne, Flight Engineer; Al Cheesman, Reserve Pilot; Sir Hubert; W.S. Mcewan Of The Winnipeg Flying Club, Director Of One Of The Welcoming Groups; And Hollick Kenyon, Pilot  AviationExplorationPersonalities 1937c
41143 A1377 Western Canada Aviation Museum Collection     Sir Hubert Wilkins, Australian-Born Arctic Explorer Near The Fokker Super Universal He Had Chartered After It Flipped Over  AircraftAviationExplorationPersonalities 1933, February 20
7932 A0248 Miscellaneous Collection     Sir Hugh Willoughby, First English Arctic Explorer.,  ExplorationPersonalities 1553
2462 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Humphrey Gilbert With Flag At St. John'S Newfoundland. Men Seen In Boats With A Ship In The Background  BoatsExplorationPersonalitiesShips 1583, August 3rd
2376 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     Sir John Franklin On The Arctic Ocean. Based On A Drawing By Lt. Back, R.N. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1821
2430 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Sir John Franklin. Painting  ExplorationPersonalities  
2437 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) Accompanied John Franklin On His Expeditions (1819-22) (1825-27)  ExplorationPersonalities  
936 A0031 Archives of Manitoba     Sir John Richardson 1787-1865. Member Of Sir John Franklin'S Arctic Expeditions  ExplorationPersonalities 1820c
2439 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Sir John Ross (1777-1856), A British Naval Officer, Commanded Expedition In 1818 In Search Of North West Passage  ExplorationMilitaryNorth West PassagePersonalities  
2441 A0078 Archives of Manitoba     Sir John Ross' Expedition, Search For North West Passage  BoatsExplorationNorth West PassageShips 1818, Aug 18
2408 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Martin Frobisher  ExplorationPersonalities  
2409 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Martin Frobisher  ExplorationPersonalities  
7958 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Sir Robert Mcclure In “Investigator” In Search For Franklin Expedition. Were First To Travel From Bering Strait To Baffin Bay.  ExplorationShips 1852
2343 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Thomas Button Died In 1634. He Was An English Naval Commander, Explorer, And Cartographer. He Sailed To Loor For Henry Hudson And Find The North West Passage In 1612. He Wintered At Nelson House. His Observations Were Published By Savant, Henry Briggs.  ArtExplorationNorth West PassagePersonalities 1612
2340 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Sir Walter Raleigh  ExplorationPersonalities  
81180 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Amerigo Vespucci An, Italian Explorer. (March 18, 1454 - February 22, 1512)  ExplorationItaliansPersonalities  
80256 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Captain James Cook, English Explorer. (October 28, 1728 - February 14, 1779)  EnglishExplorationPersonalities  
80688 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Ferdinand Magelllan, Portuguese Navigator. (1480c - April 27, 1521)  ExplorationPersonalitiesPortuguese  
80890 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish Explorer In Armour. (1470? - June 26, 1541)  CostumesExplorationPersonalitiesSpaniards  
80532 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Henry Hudson, English Navigator. (? - June 23?, 1611)  CostumesEnglishExplorationPersonalities  
81067 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Henry Morton Stanley, Anglo - American Journalist And Explorer. (January 28, 1841 - May 10, 1904)  ExplorationJournalismPersonalities  
80391 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of John Charles Fremont, American Explorer And Army Officer In Uniform. (January 31, 1813 - July 13, 1890)  AmericansExplorationMilitaryUniforms  
81054 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of John Smith, American Colonist. (1580 - June 1631)  AmericansExplorationPersonalitiesUniforms  
80898 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Marco Polo, Italian Explorer. (1254 - January 8, 1324)  ExplorationItaliansPersonalities  
80650 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer. (August 18, 1774 - October 11, 1809)  AmericansExplorationPersonalities  
81065 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Myles Standish, Pilgrim Colonist. (1584c - October 3, 1656)  ExplorationPersonalities  
80900 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Ponce De Leon, Spanish Explorer. (1460? -1521)  CostumesExplorationPersonalitiesSpaniards  
80213 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Samuel De Champlain, French Explorer. (1567 - December 25,1635)  ExplorationFrenchPersonalities  
80177 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Sebastian Cabot, English Navigator, Pinpointing A Place On His Globe. (1476c - 1557)  CostumesEnglishEquipmentExplorationPersonalities  
80631 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Sieur De La Salle, French Explorer. (November 21, 1643 - March 19, 1687)  ExplorationFrenchPersonalities  
80321 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Sir Frances Drake, English Navigator. (1540c - January 28)  EnglishExploration  
80387 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Sir John Franklin, English Explorer. (April 16, 1786 - June 11, 1847)  EnglishExplorationPersonalitiesUniforms  
18394 A0584 Institute of Arctic Research Collection     Sketch Of Sir John Richardson, Arctic Explorer For Hbc  ExplorationHudson Bay CompanyPersonalities  
80924 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Sir Walter Raleigh, English Navigator. (1552? - October 29, 1618)  CostumesEnglishExploration  
80404 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Vasco Da Gama, Portuguese Navigator. (1460? - December 24, 1524)  CostumesExplorationPersonalitiesPortuguese  
80059 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Vasco Nunez De Balboa, Spanish Explorer. (1475c - 1517)  ExplorationFlagsPersonalitiesSpaniardsUniforms  
80235 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of William Clark, American Explorer. (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838)  AmericansExplorationPersonalities  
80884 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Zebulon M. Pike, American Army Officer And Explorer. (January 5, 1779 - April 27, 1813)  AmericansExplorationMilitaryPersonalities  
80394 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Ofsir Martin Frobisher, English Navigator. (1535c - November 22, 1594)  EnglishExploration  
2342 A0075 Archives of Manitoba     Statue Of Frontenac By Philippe Hebert On Facade Of The Legislative Building In Quebec.Photo From A Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationLegislative BuildingsMonumentsPersonalities  
20822 A0681 Miscellaneous Collection     Statue Of La Verendrye, Explorer & Fur Trader, At East Doorway Of Manitoba Legislative Bldg, Winnipeg  ExplorationFur TradeLegislative BuildingsMonumentsPersonalitiesWinnipeg Buildings  
20819 A0681 Miscellaneous Collection     Statue Of La Verendrye, Explorer & Fur Trader, At East Doorway Of Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Mb  ExplorationFur TradeLegislative BuildingsPersonalitiesStatuesWinnipeg Buildings  
40247 A1346 Lorraine Smith     Statues Of Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau Sj, And Jean-Baptiste La Verendrye, Prior To Their Unveiling On Grounds Of St. Boniface Basilica (Cathedral). Photo Courtesy Of Lorraine Smith  ExplorationGravesMonumentsStatues 1976, October 17
2389 A0077 Archives of Manitoba     Statute Of Eric The Red, The Norseman Explorer  ExplorationMonumentsPersonalitiesStatues  
23318 A0776 Delza Longman Collection     Sun Dial Donated By Sir John Franklin, Arctic Explorer 1846, At The Pas, Mb. The Remains Of The Sun Dial Are At The Sam Waller Little Northern Museum In The Pas, Mb  ArtifactsExplorationMonumentsMuseums  
2369 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     The Brothers La Verendrye In Sight Of Western Mountains. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1743, Jan 1
2350 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     The Brothers La Verendrye In Sight Of Western Mountains. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1743, January 1
2351 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     The Brothers La Verendrye In Sight Of Western Mountains. Drawing By C.W. Jefferys  ExplorationPersonalities 1743, January 1
2480 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Image from a painting by Rex Woods. Henry Kelsey at 14 left England with the company of adventurers of England trading into Hudson Bay. He quickly learned native ways as a friend of the aboriginals. He even prepared an "Indian Dictionary." He was the first man to record musk ox and buffalo, and in 1690 he went 1000 miles into the interior with the Assiniboine. In his diary found in Ireland in 1926, he recounted his discovery of the Canadian Plains. A bronze plaque marks his Deerings Point Base in The Pas, Manitoba. He was the first white man to travel inland from Hudson's Bay to eastern Saskatchewan. He was captured twice by the French and was named Deputy Governor of the Company in 1714. He became Governor in 1718, the first to rise through the ranks from apprentice. He was recalled to England in 1722 and died almost forgotten.  BuffaloExplorationPersonalities 1691, August 23
2354 A0076 Archives of Manitoba     The French In Quebec. Magazine Illustration  Exploration  
16481 A0517 Una Johnstone Collection     The Planinshek O'Grady Expedition From Arctic To Tropic By Canoe, Anadie Lake. Men And Child Dressed In Winter Clothing  CanoesCostumesEskimosExplorationInuitLakes  
16483 A0517 Una Johnstone Collection     The Planinshek O'Grady Expedition From Arctic To Tropic By Canoe, Kazimir'S Lake. Large Group A People, Most In Parkas Standing Outside A Cabin  CostumesEskimosExplorationInuitSleds  
16482 A0517 Una Johnstone Collection     The Planinshek O'Grady Expedition From Arctic To Tropic By Canoe, Nueltin Lake. Men Sitting Around A Fire Beside The Lake  CostumesEskimosExplorationInuitLakes  
16480 A0517 Una Johnstone Collection     The Planinshek O'Grady Expedition From Arctic To Tropic By Canoe. Two Men And A Young Girl And Boy All Wearing Warm (Inuit) Parkas  ChildrenCostumesEskimosExplorationInuit  
2198 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     The Ship “Nonsuch” Returns To London, 1669, From James Bay With Groseilliers And A Cargo Of Beaver Pelts. Painting By Norman Wilkinson For The Hudson'S Bay Company  BoatsExplorationShips 1669
8207 A0257 Miscellaneous Collection     The Very Rev. Father V. Jensen, St. Pauls College, Winnipeg With Copy Of La Verendrye'S Flag.,  ExplorationFlagsPersonalitiesReligion 1978
7956 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     The “Gjoa”, Captain Roald Amundsen Arriving At Nome Harbour In August 1906 After A 3 Year Voyage Through The North West Passage  ExplorationHarboursNorth West PassagePersonalitiesShips 1906, August
2190 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     The “Hecla” And The “Gripper” At Parry'S Farthest. From A Sketch By Lt. Hoppner, Rn  BoatsExplorationShips 1820, August 17
2457 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Thomas Simpson, Arctic Explorer. Employed By Hbc  ExplorationHudson Bay CompanyPersonalities 1832
38093 A1272 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     View Of Float In The Laverendrye Bicentennial Parade In Front Of Central Fire Hall In Winnipeg  ExplorationFrenchParadesWinnipeg Streets 1938, September
38073 A1271 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     View Of Laverendrye Bicentennial Parade On Main Street In Winnipeg  ExplorationFrenchParadesWinnipeg Streets 1938, September
38094 A1272 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     View Of The City Hydro Float In The Laverendrye Bicentennial Parade On Main Street In Winnipeg  ExplorationParadesWinnipeg Streets 1938, September
38091 A1272 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     View Of The Laverendrye Bicentennial Parade On Main Street In Winnipeg  ExplorationFrenchParadesWinnipeg Streets 1938, September
38092 A1272 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     View Of The Laverendrye Bicentennial Parade On Main Street In Winnipeg  ExplorationFrenchParadesWinnipeg Streets 1938, September
7959 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Vilhalmur Stefansson, Born On Canadian Prairies Of Icelandic Parents. Scholar-Explorer Of Canadian Arctic. (1879-1962)  ExplorationIcelandersPersonalities  
7960 A0249 Miscellaneous Collection     Vilhjalmur Stefansson In Eskimo Gear; Born On Canadian Prairies Of Icelandic Parents. Scholar-Explorer Of Canadian Arctic. (1879-1962),  ExplorationIcelandersPersonalities  
24172 A0808 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     Vilhjalmur Stefansson, B. 1879 Arnes, Manitoba of Icelandic Parentage; Arctic Explorer, Anthropologist and Author; Commander of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918; died in Hanover, New Hampshire, 1962.  AuthorsExplorationPersonalities 1950c
80458 0 International Portrait Gallery     Virgil I. Grissom, American Astronaut Marking A Place On A Globe Of The World. (April 3, 1926 - )  AmericansAstronauticsExplorationFlagsPersonalities  
22493 A0745 Miscellaneous Collection     Walter Butler Cheadle, Physician; Born 1835 At Colne, Lancashire, England; Died 1910 In London, England. Educated Grammar School In Bingley, Yorkshire And At Cambridge University; Ba 1859; Mb & Md 1865. In July 1862, Accompanied By Viscount Milton, He Came To Canada And Travellled Across The North American Continent To Victoria By Canoe And Horseback, Crossing The Rockies By Way Of The Yellowhead Pass. Cheadle Became A Distinguished Pediatrician At St. Mary'S Hospital In London, England.  EnglishExplorationPersonalities 1862
81014 0 International Portrait Gallery     Walter M. Schirra, Jr., American Astronaut. (March 12, 1923 -)  AmericansAstronauticsExplorationPersonalities  
2257 A0073 Archives of Manitoba     Wash Drawing By John Hood Of The “King George Ii”, “Seahorse Ii” (Centre), & “Prince Rupert Iv” Leaving Gravesend For Hudson Bay. This Is The Earliest Known Picture Showing Company'S Original Flag, Coat Of Arms On A White Field  BoatsEmblemsExplorationFlagsShips 1769
2196 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Wash Drawing By John Hood. Ships “King George Ii”, “Seahorse Ii” (Centre), & “Prince Rupert Iv” At Gravesend, England. These Ships Sailed To York Factory In 1770'S. Original Painting In Beaver House, London  BoatsExplorationShips 1769
80400 0 International Portrait Gallery     Yuri Gagarin, Russian Cosmonaut, First Man To Travel In Space. March 9, 1934 - March 27, 1968)  AstronauticsExplorationPersonalitiesRussiansUniforms