Exploring the Early Americas

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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earlyamericas/

When thinking about the early Americas, it's hard not to consider the
stellar materials that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library
of Congress. Kislak amassed thousands of items related to early Florida, the
Caribbean, and Mesoamerica, and subsequently donated over 3,000 of these
items to the Library. This online exhibition affords interested parties a
taste of these materials organized into three sections: "Pre-Contact
America", "Explorations and Encounters", and "Aftermath of the Encounter".
Within each section, visitors can read a brief introductory essay and then
dive right into the artifacts and documents presented therein. One
delightful section that should not be missed is the "Urban Landscapes"
section within "Pre-Contact America". Here visitors can wonder over
miniature village scenes from West Mexico and views of Tenochtitlán and
Cusco from 1572. That's far from all, as the site also has three
"Interactive" presentations. They cover the famed Waldseemüller Maps of 1507
and 1516 and a complete digitized version of Alexander Exquemelin's rousing
1678 work, "The Buccaneers of America". [KMG]

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