From a chapter on "Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492-1650," this section describes the importance of Portuguese exploration of the Atlantic and Spanish exploration of the Americas.

Read this fascinating account by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, one of four survivors who traversed Florida and the Southwest for eight years, from 1529-1537.Read the preface which gives a background to this narrative before delving into...

From a chapter on "The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492," this section describes the European societies that engaged in conversion, conquest, and commerce and discusses the motives for and mechanisms of early European exploration.

Poignant account of the decimation of indigenous peoples in both South and North America during the 16th and 17th Centuries.

This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...

Essay on the exploitation and decimation of indigenous peoples as a result of European exploration, settlement, and colonization in North and South America.

Explore the global modernisms of Latin America.

Examines the establishment of Spanish settlements in America, the differences between them, and the conflicts the Spanish had with other European interests and with the native peoples.

Collections of bits and pieces of lore and fact relating to the exploration of Nova Scotia and North America. Author promises "Bone-chilling stories," of Vikings!

Essay on how the Dutch laid claim to Manhattan Island and Albany, home to indigenous peoples, establishing themselves in banking, insurance and shipbuilding.

Text introducing Dutch heritage and culture provides a cursory look at the impact the Dutch have had on the U.S.

Essay about the beginnings of Dutch exploration into the New World. The author describe the journey of Englishman, Henry Hudson, as he sailed reaching the north Atlantic coast of America, what is now Newfoundland and explored the river...

An Anxious Confidence, The Anxieties of a New Republic, Chapter 3 of From Bullets to Ballots by John Zvesper explores the energy throughout the new nation as the democracy evolved.