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Exploring the Early Americas Overview
Features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress.
Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Manuscript/Mixed Material - Web Page -
Explorations and Encounters, Exploring the Early Americas
This section presents materials from the voyages of exploration of Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortés, and Francisco Pizarro, and material about the natives of the Americas they encountered.
Contributor: Christopher Columbus - Hernã¡N Cortã©S - Francisco Pizarro - TaãNo - Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Web Page -
Aftermath of the Encounter, Exploring the Early Americas
The encounter between the Americas and Europe altered both civilizations. This section covers three dramatic changes: Language and Religion, Competition for Empire, and Documenting New Knowledge.
Contributor: Sir Frances Drake - Amerigo Vespucci - Claudius Ptolemy - Alexander Von Humboldt - John Gould - Juan Ponce De LeóN Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Manuscript/Mixed Material - Web Page


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