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Detail of a printed map shows text in Spanish reading "La Puna" and other labels over landmarks.

Carta de la Provincia de Quito y sus Adjacentes

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
1750
Detail of a printed book shows a decorative head piece on the title page written in Spanish.

Historia natural, civil y geográfica de las naciones situadaes en las riveras del Rio Orinoco

Joseph Gumilla
1791
Detail of a colored manuscript chart shows a small cluster of homes and palm trees with text in English reading "Indian Village of Sancopana."

An actual survey of the River Orinoco from the great mouth up to the City of Angostura

1803
Detail of a manuscript, hand-colored map depicting the Great Lakes, scattered trees depicted on surrounding land, and text in French.

Nouvelle Découverte de plusieurs Nations Dans la Nouvelle France en l'année 1673 et 1674

Louis Joliet
1673-1674
Detail of a printed map shows decorative elements such a sun, a person carrying arrows, ships and fish at sea, a scale, and a key with text in French at the bottom of the map.

Carte geographique de la Nouvelle France

Samuel de Champlain
1612
Detail of a printed book shows title of the book at the top of the page and the index with text in English.

Jewes in America. Part 1

Thomas Thorowgood
1652
Engraved fold-out map shows Greenland spelled "Grœnland" and other text in German.

Historie von Grönland

David Cranz
1765-1770
Detail of a printed book shows a title page with text in Latin.

Disputatio inauguralis medica

Justus Vesti
1704

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painting of Moctezuma
Roundtable

Mexico 1519: 5 centuries, 5 objects, 5 approaches

detail of a worn manuscript
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Engaged Digital Scholarship: The Ticha Project and Zapotec language archival texts

America Meredith (Cherokee), London Calling 1762 (2012)
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Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire

cover of the book Paradis du Nouveau Monde by Nathan wachtel
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Fresh Ink: Paradis du Nouveau Monde by Nathan Wachtel

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Ticha Project: JCB's Digitized Texts Take on New Life

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a Mohawk man teaches children in a schoolhouse

Controlling Colonial Impressions

May-October 2019
Black people work at a sugar mill with clouds and a palm tree outside

The Americas on Fire

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History of Science

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