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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 - Hernán Cortés - Francisco Pizarro - Taíno - Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Web Page -
Creating the Bill of Rights, Creating the United States Exhibit
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, passed by Congress in 1789, became the bedrock of individual rights and liberties.
Contributor: James Madison - Thomas Jefferson - George Washington - John Adams - Abigail Adams Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Book - Manuscript - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - 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 - Web Page -
Pre-Contact America, Exploring the Early Americas
Deals principally with the pre-contact cultures of Mesoamerica, a territory that includes most of the modern countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador.
Contributor: Aztecs - Incas - Mayas 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 - Web Page -
Exploring the Early Americas Home
Explores indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and Europeans, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds.
Contributor: Gerard W. Gawalt - James H. Hutson - Pauline Maier - David McCullough - Garry Wills - Gordon Wood - Cokie Roberts - John Hope Franklin Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Film, Video - Manuscript - Web Page