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Chapter 1 - Discovery and Settlement

Images and Maps

The Age of Exploration
(Buried with in this outline are numerous maps of European voyages of exploration in the Americas)

1492: An Ongoing Voyage
(This Exhibit is from the Library of Congress)

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
(The official site of this Illinois State Park)

Crossroads of Empire: Early Printed Maps of Texas and the Southwest
(This site is sponsored by the Texas Coucil of the Humanities)

Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries
(Another site sponsored by the Texas Council of the Humanities)

San Antonio Missions: The Spanish Influence in Texas
(This site, sponsored by the National Park Service, explores the intersection of Spanish and Native American culture in Texas)

The Virtual Museum of New France
(This site, sponsored by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, offers essays and images from the time period covered in this chapter)

Virtual Jamestown
(This site explores the artifacts and recent archeological discoveries in Jamestown, Virginia)

Plimoth Plantation
(This site provides a virtual tour of this early settlement in North America)

 

Primary Sources

The Early Modern World
(This section of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook, created by Paul Halsall, offers numerous primary sources relating to the events covered in this chapter)

 

Secondary Sources

Columbus and the Age of Discovery
(A comprehensive database of scholarly articles relating to Columbus and his legacy)

Discoverers Web
(There are numerous articles here concerning historical voyages of exploration)

 

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