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  • The 1562 Map Of America - Discovery And Exploration

    Created by Diego Gutiérrez The late fifteenth-century landfall by Christopher Columbus on the island of Guanahani, in the Bahamas, forced open the gates to a whole new world for the Spanish and ...

    Contributor: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page

  • 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

  • The Exploration And Legacy Of The Louisiana Territory - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    American Exploration of Louisiana Acquisition and exploration of American lands throughout the first decade of the 19th century began and ended with President Thomas Jefferson. Whether involved in purchasing the Louisiana Territory; ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • Mapping The American Revolution And Its Era - American Revolutionary War Maps

    Increased North American exploration in the 18th century created a great demand for improvement in the poor quality of existing maps, charts, and plans. An engraved view of a sea drama published ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2008-08-04

  • 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

  • Overview - Discovery And Exploration

    This category documents the discovery and exploration with both manuscripts and published maps. Many of these maps reflect the European Age of Discoveries, dating from the late 15th century to the 17th ...

    Contributor: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page

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