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Library of Congress Librarian Amelia Raines on Huckleberry Finn Literary Map - C-SPAN.org
Library of Congress Librarian Amelia Raines talks about a literary map that depicts scenes from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn along the Mississippi River.
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The Library of Congress Is Putting Its Map Collection on the Map - Smithsonian Magazine
A panoramic map of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, MO. Library of Congress Map lovers rejoice: soon, thousands of maps from the Library of Congress’ collection will be free to gaze at online ...
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Library of Congress Buys First Map of ‘America’ - Los Angeles Times
The first map to use the name America is coming to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. It is buying the chart, drawn in 1507, for $10 million. Sometimes called America’s birth ...
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Top-secret D-Day map of Omaha Beach goes to Library of Congress
Top-secret D-Day map of Omaha Beach goes to Library of Congress. Detailed map was carried ashore during the WWII invasion of Normandy. Updated July 5, 2022 More than ...
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Civil War maps get new exposure on Internet
The Library of Congress is posting 2,240 maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks, while The Virginia Historical Society and the Library of Virginia are adding about 600 items.
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We’re a nation of joiners, a new show at the Library of Congress says
According to a recently opened exhibition at the Library of Congress, one reason that 17th-century Britons left their homeland for a new world was to organize and fraternize more freely.