Exploring the Early Americas

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Urban Landscapes

Miniature Village Scene PDF (125 KB) Exhibition

House Model with Occupants PDF (158 KB) Exhibition

House Model with Musicians PDF (188 KB) Exhibition

Large Two-Tiered house model PDF (57 KB) Exhibition

Urban Civilizations

Fifteenth-Century Venice PDF (280 KB) Exhibition	Cordoba, Spain ca. 1617 PDF (227 KB) Exhibition	Rome, ca. 1578 PDF (293 KB) Exhibition	Tenochtitlan and Cusco PDF (238 KB) Exhibition
Nanjing, China in 1400 PDF (272 KB) Exhibition	Sixteenth –Century Istanbul PDF (89 KB) Exhibition	Fabled City of Timbuktu PDF (202 KB) Exhibition

Ballgame

Ballplayer Relief Panel PDF (302 KB) Exhibition	Miniature Flask with Ball Player Panel PDF (138 KB) Exhibition	Ballgame Ceremonial Stone Hip Belt PDF (69 KB) Exhibition	Calling People to Gather PDF (177 KB) Exhibition
Ballgame Yoke in form of a Toad PDF (103 KB) Exhibition	Monumental Jaguar Sculpture PDF (98 KB) Exhibition

Vessels

Vase with Eleven Figures PDF (165 KB) Exhibition Interactive Flat Image	Vase with Deer Hunting Procession PDF (212 KB) Exhibition Interactive Flat Image	Vase Depicting Seated Ruler and Dwarf PDF (147 KB) Exhibition Interactive Flat Image	Bowl with Carved Underworld Scene PDF (231 KB) Exhibition Interactive Flat Image
Vase with Palace Scene PDF (107 KB) Exhibition Interactive Flat Image

Columbus

Columbus' Coat of Arms PDF (43 KB) Exhibition	Columbus at the court of Barcelona PDF (191 KB)	Depart de Christophe Colomb PDF (241 KB)	Christophe Colomb PDF (1.2 MB)
The First Voyage PDF (231 KB)	Book of Privileges PDF (567 KB) Exhibition	Columbus's voyage woodcuts PDF (957 KB) Exhibition	Puerto Rico, Bahía de San Juan PDF (663 KB)

Cortés

Hernando Cortes PDF (1.0 MB)	Hernando Cortes PDF (1.0 MB)	Coat of arms of Hernando Cortes PDF (238 KB)	Enlightenment of Ferdinand Cortés PDF (257 KB) Exhibition Object List
Dowry agreement for Moctezuma's daughter PDF (227 KB) Exhibition Object List

Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro burning a Peruvian to make him tell where the gold is located PDF (1.2 MB)	Francisco Pizarro PDF (1.1 MB)	Pizzaro, Francisco PDF (1.3 MB)	First European Chronicle of Peru PDF (114 KB) Exhibition Object List
First Quechua-Spanish Dictionary PDF (520 KB) Exhibition Object List

Conquest of Mexico

Entrance of Cortés La Conquista de Mexico PDF (186 KB) Exhibition Interactive	Arrival of Cortés in Vera Cruz PDF (186 KB) Exhibition Interactive	The Meeting of Cortés and Moctezuma PDF (202 KB) Exhibition Interactive	Death of Moctezuma PDF (313 KB) Exhibition Interactive
The Sad Night PDF (161 KB) Exhibition Interactive	The Battle of Otumba PDF (174 KB) Exhibition Interactive	The Capture of Tenochtitlan PDF (250 KB) Exhibition Interactive	The Capture of Cuauhtemoc PDF (230 KB) Exhibition Interactive

Huejotzingo Codex

Huejotzingo Codex PDF (1.3 MB) Lesson Plan American Treasures Exhibition Exploring Early Americas Exhibition

Drake

Santiago PDF (294 KB) Lesson Plan Exhibition	Santo Domingo PDF (306 KB) Lesson Plan Exhibition	Cartagena PDF (307 KB) Lesson Plan Exhibition	St. Augustine PDF (261 KB) Lesson Plan Exhibition
Entire Voyage PDF (329 KB) Lesson Plan Exhibition

Waldseemuller

Waldseemuller world map 1507 PDF - Part 1 (46 MB) PDF - Part 2 (45 MB) Lesson Plan Interactive Exhibition

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