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U.S. Time Periods » 1607-1763: Colonization
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Image of map, plotting the four voyages of Columbus, 1492-1503.

American Journeys provides eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the Vikings in Canada...

Drawing of 'Franklin the Editor'

Benjamin Franklin explores Franklin's life as a writer, inventor, diplomat, businessman, musician...

Architectural Drawing, 1685. Diego de la Sierra. Archivo General de Indias, Seville

Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820 examines colonial-era Spanish America -- a region that covered much of the Americas...

The San Pedro was a 287-ton galleon built in Holland. It is representative of a typical treasure fleet ship used in the 18th century. The San Pedro carried 1,600 pesos in Mexican silver and several cr

Spanish Treasure Fleets of 1715 and 1733: Disasters Strike at Sea discusses Spain's search for gold and silver in the New World (1500s-1700s) and its...


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