Teaching and Researching Links for the

 Atlantic World


From Library of CongressAmericae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio / avtore Diego Gvtiero Philippi Regis Hisp. etc. Cosmographo ; Hiero. Cock excvde 1562 ; Hieronymus Cock excude cum gratia et priuilegio 1562.

General Topics

Organizations
Secondary Sources
Primary Document Resources including maps and images
Primary Material Culture Resources
Teaching Resources

Topics By Region

African Diaspora
Colonial British
Colonial Dutch, French
Colonial Iberia

Native America

Vital statistics for this Web page


 

 

Organizations

Relevant H-net lists:
H-Africa
H-Atlantic
H-Historical Geography
H-Latin America


Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program at the College of Charleston
John Carter Brown Library, Providence Rhode Island
Harriet Tubman Resource Center on the African Diaspora at York University

International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1800: Harvard University
Newberry Library in Chicago

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
 


International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1800

Bernard Bailyn, Director
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Secondary Sources

Bibliography of Atlantic World Resources
PowerPoint presentations from Atlantic World Class,  Fall 2002
African-American Archaeology Newsletter
African-American Burial Ground
African-American Odyssey at the Library of Congress
Emory University's post colonial studies site
Gilda Lehrman Institute of American History

New York University
World Atlas: includes some basic statistics
Colonial British

Historical Archives of the European Communities   This site maintains the EURHISTAR database.
The Royal Commission of Historical Manuscripts   Great Britain.
Journal of British Studies
Early English Books: From the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War, Early English Books Online (EEBO) will contain over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661).
Journal of British Studies

Mapping Virginia

Colonial Dutch, French

New Netherlands Project  Dutch documents in New York relating to the 17th century colony of New Netherlands.

PrimaryDocument Resources including maps and images

The American Colonist's Library: A Treasury of Primray documents.
American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
Cuban Postcard images (mostly 20th century)
Early Encounters in North America. Full text and image archive
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative: ECAI is a collaborative project which combines mapping, imagery and text,
Jesuits, Special Collection, Georgetown http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/sj.htm
David Rumsey Map collection
The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston
Mapping Virginia
North American Slave Narratives (part of UNC's "Documenting the South")
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Online Catalog
Library of Congress Research Tools
Library of Congress Maps

Historical Text Archive
Smithsonian
University of Florida Latin American Collection
University of Georgia Libraries: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
19th Century Documents Project   Furman University.
ALEX: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet  Oxford; North Carolina State University.
Anderson University Archives and Special Collections
Archival Resources/Autobiographies
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School  Archive of historical legal documents.
James Ford Bell Library  Collection of rare books, maps and manuscripts documenting the history of European expansion, 1400-1800.
North Vancouver Museum and Archives
Perry-Castaneda Library
UNESCO Archives Portal: List of archives, online collections of primary documents
Colonial Iberia

Associations:
ALAS (Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología)
BRASA (Brazilian)
LASA (Latin American Studies Association)
CERLAC: The Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University
The Institute of Caribbean Studies
The Virtual Institute for Caribbean Studies

Don Mabry's colonial text archive
Jesuits, Special Collection, Georgetown,
Kinky Kings of Spain (Charles II),
Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert,
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project, sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,
Spanish Inquisition
Virgin of Guadalupe
Virgin of Guadalupe
Web de Anza, An Interactive Study Environment on Spanish Exploration and Colonization of "Alta California" 1774-1776
Agustin de Iturbide Collection, Georgetown Special Collections Library, http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/cl157.htm
Chieftains of Mexican Independence, http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/chieftains.htm
Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, http//www.ugto.mx/info_turi_gto/dolores/dolores-hgo.html
Grito de Dolores, http://www.mexonline.com/person1.htm
Luces de Bolívar en la Red, http://www.bolivar.ula.ve/
Simón Bolívar
Mexican American War Memorial Homepage (English/Spanish) http://sunsite.unam.mx/revistas/1847/ Mexican Independence, http://www.acabtu.com.mx/independencia/
Mexican Independence Links, http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/ColonialMexico.html#LINKS  Alamo, http://members.tripod.com/aries46/alamo.htm
Alamo, http://www.americanwest.com/pages/alamo.htm
Alamo, http://thealamo.org/

 

 

Pirates!

 http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/168514.html ("A general map of the continent and islands which be adjacent to Jamaica, 1685")
Graphics, ftp://ftp.ecst.csuchico.edu/pub/beej/images/pirates/
http://ecani.com/pirates/ http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/index.html http://www.efr.hw.ac.uk/EDC/CAC/pirates/pirate.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1108/scurvydogs.html http://www.interknowledge.com/bahamas/bspira01.htm
http://www.northlink.com/~hauxe/
http://www.powerup.com.au/~glen/pirate1.htm
http://www.sonic.net/~press/

Primary Material Culture Resources

California African American Museum
Detroit's Museum of African American History
Florida Museum of Natural History
The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC
Henrietta Marie Shipwreck
Levi Jordan Plantation
Plymouth Colony Archive
Underground Railroad Project, National Park Service

Mexican American War

The Descendents of Mexican War Veterans site
Mexican War on PBS
Texas History
Handbook of Texas on line
Santa Anna Biography
Sam Houston Biography
The Alamo

 

Teaching Resources

Library of Congress, teaching resources
PBS: Africans in America
Smithsonian

Syllabi in Atlantic History: From International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1800
 
Image Resources

 

 
African Diaspora

Secondary Sources and Organizations:

Buxton Museum
Black/African Related Resources:
The Freedmen's Bureau Online
Harriet Tubman Resource Center on the African Diaspora at York University
African E-Journals project
Journals of African Studies available through Project Muse:
Africa Today
African Rural and Urban Studies
Northeastern African  Studies
Museum of African Art
 

Vital Statistics
Page maintained for educational purposes and updated on February 12, 2003

Native America

Institute of American Indian Studies
Inter-tribal-net
National Park Service on Plains Indians
Native American Nations
Native: Native American Tribes Websites
 

Nahuatl Home Page at the University of Montana
Sioux/Lakota
Rosebud Reservation

E-mail Sue Ann Marasco at sue.a.marasco@vanderbilt.edu

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