Chapter 2: When Worlds Collide, 1492-1590
- New World Rare Map Collection
The University of Georgia has seven on-line maps of the Americas created between 1544 and 1688. (Each map may take 2 to 5 minutes to download, depending on your connection.)
- Native American Reference Site (Internet Public Library)
This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand adding additional authors, books and web resources.
- Colombus' letter to the King and Queen of Spain, 1494
Full text of the letter, probably written in 1494, to Ferdinand & Isabella. Columbus lays out his views of how Espaniola should be governed, how colonists should be transported, and how
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage
The Library of Congress exhibition on the European encounter with the Americas, providing thoroughly organized text and images of native societies, Renaissance Europe, "Columbus man & myth," and European claims and conquests. The original site for this exhibit is at the Library of Congress.
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