Multimedia Gallery
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Artifact
Books published by the Weems System of Navigation.
Film
Length: 2 Minutes, 10 Seconds
Illustration
Josiah Perkins Creesy, Jr. commanded the ship, and, uncommon for the time, his wife Eleanor navigated. As a child in Massachusetts, she had learned navigation skills from her seafaring father.
Map
This map depicts their route and includes eyewitness accounts from crew members who had to navigate through unfamiliar seas and lands.
Film
Length: 1 Minutes, 32 Seconds
Film
Length: 2 Minutes, 2 Seconds
Photograph
The first picture of the Moon by a U.S. spacecraft, Ranger 7, in 1964.
Photograph
First Ranger 9 photograph of the Moon.
