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A gouache on paper painting titled The New Deal 1933-1939 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. President Franklin Roosevelt holds a "We do our part" National Recovery...

The massacre at New Orleans, tempera painting by Thomas Nast, 1867. Nast depicts here President Andrew Johnson adorned in kingly dress as the New Orleans Massacre of 1866 unfolds around him, wherein White rioters, many...

Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans (8 Jan 1815), oil on canvas by Dennis Malone Carter, 1856. The Historic New Orleans Collection.

A bird's eye view of the Battle of New Orleans (8 Jan 1815), oil on canvas by Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte, 1815. New Orleans Museum of Art.

Adelantado was an office awarded by the Spanish Crown to conduct military campaigns in the medieval period but then repurposed during the Age of Exploration to grant an individual the right to privately fund expeditions of discovery...

The Church of Cristo de la Luz, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 25 July 2026. The Church of Cristo de la Luz is one of the few monuments in Toledo where the city’s various...

Mary I of England reigned as queen from 1553 to 1558. The eldest daughter of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547) with Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), she restored Catholicism in England while her persecution of Protestants...

A map showing the maximum territorial extent of the New Kingdom of Egypt, ca. 1450 BCE.

A map of New France c. 1750 CE within the context of European colonies in North America.

A map produced in 1719 showing New France. The pink area marks the territory of Canada.