Exploring the Early Americas

Download or read book Exploring the Early Americas written by and published by . This book was released on 2009* with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. It provides insight into indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds. This section includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere"--Introduction.