Balboa takes possession of the Pacific
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807967
Item data
Title
Balboa takes possession of the Pacific
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1599 & Earlier
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1859
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-15
Subjects
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 1475-1519
North America -- To 1599
Pacific Ocean -- 1510-1519
Conquerors -- Central America -- 1510-1519
Daggers & swords -- 1510-1519
Discovery & exploration -- Central America -- 1510-1519
Armor -- 1510-1519
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 12 x 12 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613278
Barcode: 33333159301320
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4ee220c0-c52f-012f-0d6f-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1859
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Balboa takes possession of the Pacific" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4ee220c0-c52f-012f-0d6f-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1859). Balboa takes possession of the Pacific Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4ee220c0-c52f-012f-0d6f-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Balboa takes possession of the Pacific" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4ee220c0-c52f-012f-0d6f-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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