The European colonization of the Americas was one of the most transformative eras in history, reshaping continents, cultures, ...

Key maps from the Texas General Land Office are now collected in a book published by University of Texas Press ...

One map, part of cartographer Johannes Ruysch’s Ptolemaic Atlas, calls South America “Terra Sancta Crucis sive Mundus Novus” (the Land of the Holy Cross or New World).

Object Details Author Lepore, Jill 1966- Summary A collection of documents illustrating encounters between Native American peoples and a variety of European newcomers from the fifteenth to the ...