St. Andrew's School Library: I & S - Age of Exploration
Age of Exploration
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- American JourneysAmerican Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. *Browsable by date, type of image or theme, and searchable using the Advanced Search tab.
- Archive of Early American ImagesDiscover digital images, maps, and more early American sources from the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island
- First Contact in the AmericasNational Geographic Resource Library, interactive timeline
- John Smith Map 1612Listen to Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of Virginia published in London in 1612. (Video: 5 min 36 sec)
- Age of DiscoveryThis website looks at the six most important explorers of the Age of Discovery whose discoveries helped expand horizons and shape the geopolitical world as we know it.
- The Impacts of the Age of DiscoveryAs an event it would lead to transformative changes in the world and bring about an era of globalization, meaning the world became more interconnected than it had ever been before.
- The Mariner's MuseumWorld maps changed as European powers such as England, France, Spain, the Dutch, and Portugal began claiming lands. But there were also negative effects to the Europeans’ arrival in the New World. Europeans encountered, and in many cases conquered and enslaved, native peoples of the new lands to which they traveled.
Databases
- World Atlas Online This link opens in a new windowWorld Atlas online is another great resource for maps
- World Book Advanced Online This link opens in a new windowUse this general encyclopedia for basic introductory information regarding the artist or art period/movement.
Print Books in The Rooke Library
Explorers of the Renaissance by Call Number: 910.92 ExpISBN: 9781615308798Publication Date: 2012-12-15
Columbus and the Age of Discovery by Call Number: Overs. 970.1 DorISBN: 9780688085452Publication Date: 1991-10-01This comprehensive survey of the explorer's deeds and their aftereffects is the companion volume to a PBS television documentary series.
A History of US: the First Americans by Call Number: 973.1 HAKISBN: 0195188942Publication Date: 2006-01-01Thousands of years, long before Christopher Columbus set sail, wandering tribes of hunters made their way across the Bering land bridge to North America. They didn't know it, but they had discovered a New World. The First Americans is a fascinating re creation of pre Columbian Native Americanlife, and it's an adventure of a lifetime! Hunt seals with the Inuit; harvest corn on a cliff top mesa; hunt the mighty buffalo; and set sail with Leif Erickson, Columbus, and all the early great explorers Cabot, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Cortes, Henry the Navigator, and more in this brilliantly toldstory of America before it was America.
The Renaissance Explorers by Call Number: 910.92 KLEISBN: 9781619306899Publication Date: 2018-10-16Who were the Renaissance explorers? How did they change the world? Being a Renaissance explorer was both exciting and rewarding. But it sure wasn't easy! Explorers in the Age of Exploration faced many challenges and dangers as their ships sailed into new and unfamiliar lands.
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