Coat of Arms, Netherlands

The Great Seal of the Netherlands

Coat of Arms, Netherlands

The Greal Seal of Norway

The Great Seal of Norway

The Greal Seal of Norway

Coat of Arms, Paraguay

The Great Seal of Paraguay

Coat of Arms, Paraguay

Coat of Arms, Peru

The Great Seal of Peru

Coat of Arms, Peru

Coat of Arms, Poland

The Great Seal of Poland

Coat of Arms, Poland

Coat of Arms, Portugal

The Great Seal of Portugal

Coat of Arms, Portugal

Coat of Arms, Roumania

The Great Seal of Roumania

Coat of Arms, Roumania

Coat of Arms, Russia

The Great Seal of Russia

Coat of Arms, Russia

Coat of Arms, Servia

The Great Seal of Servia

Coat of Arms, Servia

Coat of Arms, Cape of Good Hope

The Great Seal of the Cape of Good Hope

Coat of Arms, Cape of Good Hope

Coat of Arms, Orange Free State

The Great Seal of the Orange Free State

Coat of Arms, Orange Free State

Coat of Arms, South African Republic

The Great Seal of the South African Republic

Coat of Arms, South African Republic

Coat of Arms, Bolivia

The Great Seal of Bolivia

Coat of Arms, Bolivia

Coat of Arms, British Guiana, British Guiana (also spelled Guyana) was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, since 1966 known as the independent nation of Guyana.

The Great Seal of British Guiana

Coat of Arms, British Guiana, British Guiana (also spelled Guyana) was the name of the British colony…

Coat of Arms, Spain

The Great Seal of Spain

Coat of Arms, Spain

Coat of Arms, Sweden

The Great Seal of Sweden

Coat of Arms, Sweden

Coat of Arms, Switzerland

The Great Seal of Switzerland

Coat of Arms, Switzerland

Coat of Arms, Turkey

The Great Seal of Turkey

Coat of Arms, Turkey

Coat of Arms, Great Britain and Ireland

The Great Seal of Great Britain and Ireland

Coat of Arms, Great Britain and Ireland

Coat of Arms, Hawaiian Islands

The Great Seal of the Hawaiian Islands

Coat of Arms, Hawaiian Islands

Virginia Confederacy Envelope (5 cent) from 1861

Virginia Confederacy Five Cent Envelope, 1861

Virginia Confederacy Envelope (5 cent) from 1861

Virginia Confederacy Stamp (5 cent) from 1861

Virginia Confederacy Five Cent Stamp, 1861

Virginia Confederacy Stamp (5 cent) from 1861

Coat of Arms, Uruguay

The Great Seal of Uruguay

Coat of Arms, Uruguay

Coat of Arms of the United States first appeared publicly in 1782.

The Great Seal of the United States

Coat of Arms of the United States first appeared publicly in 1782.

Coat of Arms, Venezuela

The Great Seal of Venezuela

Coat of Arms, Venezuela

Two species of the spiderwort family: left, Virginia day flower (Commelina virginica); right, spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana).

Spiderworts

Two species of the spiderwort family: left, Virginia day flower (Commelina virginica); right, spiderwort…

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): left, false Solomon's seal (Smilacina stellata); right, Smilacina trifolia.

S. Stellata and S. Trifolia

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): left, false Solomon's seal (Smilacina stellata); right,…

Of the lily family (Liliaceae), Solomon's seal or Polygonatum biflorum.

P. Biflorum

Of the lily family (Liliaceae), Solomon's seal or Polygonatum biflorum.

Of the birthwort family (Aristolochiaceae), the Virginia snakeroot or Aristolochia serpentaria and the flower of the Dutchman's pipe or Aristolochia macrophylla.

Virginia Snakeroot

Of the birthwort family (Aristolochiaceae), the Virginia snakeroot or Aristolochia serpentaria and the…

Of the Borage family (Boraginaceae), the Virginia stickseed (Lappula virginiana).

Virginia Stickseed

Of the Borage family (Boraginaceae), the Virginia stickseed (Lappula virginiana).

Of the Borage family (Boraginaceae), the Virginia cowslip (Mertensia virginica).

Virginia Cowslip

Of the Borage family (Boraginaceae), the Virginia cowslip (Mertensia virginica).

Of the Nightshade family (Solanaceae), the leaf and flower of the Virginia ground cherry (Physalis virginiana).

Virginia Ground Cherry

Of the Nightshade family (Solanaceae), the leaf and flower of the Virginia ground cherry (Physalis virginiana).

Of the vine family (Vitaceae), the leaf and berries of the Virginia creeper (Psedera quinquefolia).

Virginia Creeper

Of the vine family (Vitaceae), the leaf and berries of the Virginia creeper (Psedera quinquefolia).

"Parallel-veined leaf of Solomon's seal." -Bergen, 1896

Solomon's Seal Leaf

"Parallel-veined leaf of Solomon's seal." -Bergen, 1896

"Leaves standing nearly vertical in compass-plant. (Silphium laciniatum). A, view from east or west; B, from north or south." -Bergen, 1896

Compass Plant

"Leaves standing nearly vertical in compass-plant. (Silphium laciniatum). A, view from east or west;…

"Comparative time, when noon in Chicago." -Foster, 1921

Comparative Time

"Comparative time, when noon in Chicago." -Foster, 1921

"Comparative time, when noon in Toronto." -Foster, 1921

Comparative Time

"Comparative time, when noon in Toronto." -Foster, 1921

"The herdsman of the Alps leads a life peculiar to his race and land."-Lupton The Alps are located in Europe and stretch from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west.

Herdsman of the Alps

"The herdsman of the Alps leads a life peculiar to his race and land."-Lupton The Alps are located in…

" In Rockbridge County, Virginia, is to be found one of the greatest curiosities in the United States, a natural bridge. This bridge consists of a stupendous arch of limestone rock, over a chasm fifty feet wide dat its base and ninety feet at the top."- Lupton

Natural Bridge in Virginia

" In Rockbridge County, Virginia, is to be found one of the greatest curiosities in the United States,…

(1774-1809) American explorer famous for his expedition with William Clark.

Meriwether Lewis

(1774-1809) American explorer famous for his expedition with William Clark.

The burial place of President James Madison in Montpelier, Virginia.

Tomb of President Madison

The burial place of President James Madison in Montpelier, Virginia.

The coat of arms of Manitoba, a Canadian province.

Manitoba Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Manitoba, a Canadian province.

The tomb of President James Monroe in Richmond, Virginia.

Tomb of President Monroe

The tomb of President James Monroe in Richmond, Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson's estate near Charlottesville, Virginia.

Monticello

Thomas Jefferson's estate near Charlottesville, Virginia.

The coat of arms for New Brunswick, a province of Canada.

New Brunswick Coat of Arms

The coat of arms for New Brunswick, a province of Canada.

The coat of arms of Alberta, a province of Canada.

Alberta Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Alberta, a province of Canada.

(1861-1931) American educator serving as president of the University of North Carolina, Tulane University, and the University of Virginia.

Edwin Anderson Alderman

(1861-1931) American educator serving as president of the University of North Carolina, Tulane University,…

"Idealized profile to show the supposed structure in the rampart slope of the basin to the west of Ragland." -Walcott, 1901

Basin

"Idealized profile to show the supposed structure in the rampart slope of the basin to the west of Ragland."…

Closely allied to the common seal is the marbled seal me with some of the European coasts.

Marbled Seal

Closely allied to the common seal is the marbled seal me with some of the European coasts.

The genus Cystophora includes the large bladder-nose, hooded or crested seal of the Greenland seas, in which the nose of the males has a curious dispensable sac, and which attains an average length of from 10 to 12 feet.

Hooded Seal

The genus Cystophora includes the large bladder-nose, hooded or crested seal of the Greenland seas,…

The species found in Alaska and the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea is the fur seal.

Fur Seal

The species found in Alaska and the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea is the fur seal.

"View of the southeastern slope of the eastern twin of Orenaug Hill. Fault scarps bound the hummocky surface of the block on the northeast and west; the courses of the scarps follow the fringes of trees." -Walcott, 1901

Fault Scarp Slope

"View of the southeastern slope of the eastern twin of Orenaug Hill. Fault scarps bound the hummocky…

A cud-chewing, hoofed animal with horns. The antlers are carried only by the males.

Virginia deer

A cud-chewing, hoofed animal with horns. The antlers are carried only by the males.

(1819-1892) American merchant who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company that laid the first cable across the Atlantic ocean.

Cyrus West Field

(1819-1892) American merchant who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company that laid the first cable across…

People traveling westward on the overland route to California in covered wagons.

Westward Expansion

People traveling westward on the overland route to California in covered wagons.

"The Gray Parrot, or Jaco, belongs to the west coast of Africa."

Gray Parrots

"The Gray Parrot, or Jaco, belongs to the west coast of Africa."

"In the Nile valley there had been found a few ancient inscriptions, carved upon stone in unknown characters, but no one could read them. The, about 1800 A.D., some soldiers of Napoleon in Egypt, while laying foundations for a fort, found a slab of black rock bearing three inscriptions. One of the inscriptions was in Greek, one was in the ancient hieroglyphics of the pyramids, and the third was in a later Egyptian writing, which had likewise been been forgotten." - West, 1904

Portion of Rosetta Stone

"In the Nile valley there had been found a few ancient inscriptions, carved upon stone in unknown characters,…

"A considerable part of the land -- perhaps one third -- belonged to temples, in order that the temple worship might be kept up." - West, 1904

Temple of the Sun at Karnak

"A considerable part of the land -- perhaps one third -- belonged to temples, in order that the temple…

"Egyptian noble hunting waterfowl on the Nile with the "throwstick' (a boomerang). The birds rise from a group of papyrus reeds, -- Egyptian relief; after Maspero." -West 1904

Egyptian Noble Hunting Waterfowl

"Egyptian noble hunting waterfowl on the Nile with the "throwstick' (a boomerang). The birds rise from…

"Vertical Section of the Great pyramid, looking West showingA. Entrance passage.       B. A later opening.D. First ascending passage. E. Horizontal Passage.F. Queen's chamber.G G. Grand gallery.H. Antechamber.I. Coffer.K. King's chamber.M N. Ventilating chambers.O. Subterranean chamber.P. Well, so-called.R R R. Probable extent to which the native rock is employed to assist the masonry of the building." - West, 1904

Vertical section of the Great Pyramid

"Vertical Section of the Great pyramid, looking West showing A. Entrance passage. B. A later opening.…