De Wit 1672 [Osher Collection]

Current Exhibition:

American Treasures
October 18, 2009 - August 21, 2010

American Treasures celebrates the reopening of the newly renovated and expanded Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine. It explores the library’s rich and varied collections and its mission to preserve those collections and make them accessible. Beginning with the foundational gifts by the Smith and Osher families, the library’s collections emphasize Maine and New England, followed in order by the United States, the Americas, and the (continued)


Launching Print, Portland, Maine, United States.  From: The Illustrated London News, 1859

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Portland, Maine, United States. 1859 From: The Illustrated London News (January 1, 1859): 4 Wood engraving, 19 x 27 cm Courtesy of Peter F. Morelli

Launching Print, Portland, Maine, United States. From: The Illustrated London News, 1859

The Illustrated London News in 1859 reproduced the image as a wood engraving. In this version the ship is actually launched.