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Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society: A Set of Plans and Forts in America, 1765

For Students 3rd - 8th
A digitized version of a book published in 1765 by Mary Ann Rocque, widow of John Rocque, topographer to the Duke of Glouchester. Contains images of the thirty plans of forts in North America. Published after the English victory over the...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The French, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Three maps reflecting French exploration along rivers in North America and three French explorers' accounts of the astonishing hardships they endured and the possibilities for trade with natives they opened.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Iii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two maps of English and French rivalries in North America, and two side-by-side accounts of the English and French perspectives on King William's war over power, trade, and economic dominance of the continent.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New World: Part Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two European maps of Florida and Roanoke, and a British and a French account-with associated engravings of these settlements-that promote a European interpretation of and claim over these areas.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Contact: First Impressions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
English, Spanish, and Portuguese maps and letters of about the voyages of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and Portuguese explorer, Gaspar Corte Real, which describe impressions of the lands explored.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Instructions, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Three maps of European settlement in Virginia, the Pacific Northwest, and the Spanish New World, and the accompanying official instructions from lenders and monarchs about the obligations, opportunities, and hopes that those...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Pacific Coast, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary resources for U.S. history and literature offer two excerpts from the explorations of the Pacific coast by Sir Francis Drake and Vitus Bering as well as maps drawn to reflect those journeys. Includes questions for discussion.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry I, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Eleven documents and two maps detailing the almost two hundred year struggle between England and Spain for hegemony in the Caribbean.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two eighteenth-century maps and four accounts of the mutual perceptions, suspicions, and observations between Spanish and French explorers on the Gulf Coast.

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