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Photo Relief Map of North America

Description: This photo relief map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Blue outlining marks countries, roads, and bodies of water. States, territories, and provinces throughout the continent are marked in dotted lines and labeled. Geographic features are marked with relief shown by spot heights and shading. A note in the lower left corner says, "Heights are given in Feet above Sea Level."
Date: 1885
Creator: Brion, Henry F. & McClure, Edmond
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte Physique et Politique de l’Amérique Septentrionale

Description: This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are outlined in color based on the controlling nations explained by a key in the lower left corner. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are noted (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date: 1856
Creator: Dussieux, L. (Louis), 1815-1894
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North America

Description: This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each major country or region is outlined, using various colors, and the United States is shaded. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked and labeled (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Morse
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's Central America.

Description: Map of Central America from the southern tip of Mexico to Panama with relief shown by hachures. Map inset shows the Isthmus of Panama. Scale [ca.1: 4,752,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Central America.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century submarine telegraph cables, railroads, and steamship routes in Central America. Insets: "Proposed Panama Canal" and "Proposed Nicaragua Canal." Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1903
Creator: Americana Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Central America including the states of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua & Costa Rica, the territories of Belise & Mosquito, with parts of Mexico, Yucatan & New Granada : shewing the routes between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans by way of Tehuantepeque, Nicaragua & Panama.

Description: Map shows Central America geography and place names. Includes five "vertical sections of the proposed canals between Lake Nicaragua & the Pacific Ocean," and notes: "Sections of oceanic routes proposed and completed: Section no. 1, surveyed by Dr. Andres Oersted of Copenhagen for the government of Costa Rica 1848. Section no. 2, surveyed by Colonel Childs for the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Comp'y 1850-51. Section no. 3, proposed by ... the Emperor of the French. Section no. 4, sur… more
Date: 1856
Creator: Baily, John, fl. 1811-1850
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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[News Clip: Columbus actor]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 8, 1992, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Théâtre de la guerre en Amerique telle qu'elle est à present possedée par les Espagnols, Anglois, François, et Hollandois &c.: nouvellement mis au jour [Sheet 1].

Description: Map shows areas claimed by Spain, England, France and Holland in Central America, the West Indies, and parts of North America and South America during the War of Spanish Succession [1701 - 1714]. Boundaries, commercial routes, cities, settlements, and rivers are indicated. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,533,975].
Date: 1703
Creator: Cóvens, Jean
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Playa del Coco]

Description: Photograph of "Playa del Coco" which translates to "Coconut Beach" in Costa Rica. A child can be seen walking along the beach. Numerous boats are visible on the water. In the background, a large hill full of greenery is visible.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of a van during travel]

Description: Fotografía del interior de una camioneta durante un viaje. La comida se está cocinando en una pequeña estufa de viaje Coleman. En el fondo, se ven dos encimeras y varios artículos, entre ellos una cesta de mimbre, un recipiente de plástico y dos platos de comida. A la derecha, se ve el asiento del conductor y del pasajero de la camioneta.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Market in Cartago, Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía de un mercado en Cartago, Costa Rica. Dos hileras de largas mesas de madera contienen diversos productos. Se puede ver a un gran número de personas recorriendo el mercado. En la calle adyacente, un camión azul está aparcado y los productos están tirados en el suelo. Del toldo que cubre las mesas del mercado cuelgan varios carteles.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A colorful cart in Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía de una carreta brillante y colorida bajo un toldo de madera adosado a una casa en Sarchí, Costa Rica. La carreta está pintada de amarillo con diseños abstractos que incluyen los colores rosa, rojo, azul y verde. Al fondo se ve una casa azul en lo alto de una colina.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A house in Sarchí, Costa Rica]

Description: Photograph of a wooden house in Sarchí, Costa Rica. The house has a metal-paneled roof with an antenna attached. The house is surrounded by tall tropical plants. It appears to be raining at the time the photograph was taken.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Santiago Apóstol Parish Ruins]

Description: Fotografía de personas visitando las Ruinas de la Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol en Cartago, Costa Rica. Un hombre mira a la cámara y se sitúa junto a dos pequeños estanques. Al fondo se ven las ruinas de la iglesia, que son muros de piedra con arcos curvos. En este lugar se construyeron y destruyeron varias iglesias a causa de los terremotos desde 1575.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America

Description: This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "is intended to show how the Communists have attempted to subvert the Latin American nations as a step toward the avowed Communist goal of world domination, and to show how the United States and other American Republics are meeting the perilous Communist threat" (p. 1). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions… more
Date: April 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[News Script: Costa Rica]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a deadly earthquake near San Jose, Costa Rica.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Skylab Christmas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Skylab's three astronauts who photographed a partial eclipse of the Sun.
Date: December 24, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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