- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage
Learn about the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus at the 1492: An Ongoing Voyage.
The exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600. During this period, in the wake of Columbus's voyages, Africans also arrived in the hemisphere, usually as slaves. All of these encounters, some brutal and traumatic, others more gradual, irreversibly changed the
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- Beads Along the American Frontier Index
Accorsding to the beadssite.com web site, beads played an important role in the European settlement of America. Here you will be able to understand their reasoning in a few articles that they present for your investigation.
Beads played an important role in the European settlement of America. Here are some of the most interesting stories about them.
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- Coronado's Journey Through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
From the Planetary Science Institute, learn about the Coronado expedition in the United States.
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- Lewis and Clark | PBS
This is the PBS web site for the Documentary "The Journey of the Corps of Discovery" by Ken Burns. You will find suplimental material to the film.
Lewis and Clark, the companion Web site to the Ken Burns film, 'Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.'
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- Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
This site "focuses on stewardship of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, scholarship and historical accuracy with regard to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and education of young people."
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- Lewis and Clark: Maps of Exploration 1507 -1814
This web exhibit, examines the exhibition shows the evolving views of the American continent and the "Passage to the Indies" found in maps from the time of Columbus to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This exhibit is maintained by the University of Virginia.
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- Lieutenant Facundo Melgares and The Spanish Troops in Kansas
"A few weeks prior to Zebulon M. Pike's expedition to the Southwest in 1806, Spanish Lieutenant Facundo Melgares led some 600 troops from New Mexico into Kansas." Find out more in this article.
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- Louisiana Purchase
This 1903 book, by Ripley Hitchcock, examines the Louisiana Purchase, its exploration and early history of the building of the American West.
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- Modern History Sourcebook: The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericsson, c. 1000 from The Saga of Eric the Red, 1387
Read Leif Erricsson's account of the discovery of America from "The Saga of Eric the Red,1387". This is from the Modern History Sourcebook
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- Monterey County Historical Society, Local History Pages--The Portola Expedition of 1769
In this essay by Gary S. Breschini, Ph.D. you will learn about the Spanish expedition of Monterey California. This is a part of the Monterey Bay Local History web site.
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- Museum of the Mountain Man - Pinedale, Wyoming
Learn about the Mountain men of the American west at the Museum dedicated to thier memory.
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- Passages: A treasure trove of North American exploration
In this site you will find images of a selection of the books that were on display for the exhibition entitled "Passages".
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- Research - Kansas Historical Collections - Volume 8 - Early Spanish Exploration and Indian Implements - Kansas State Histori...
Learn about the spanish expedition in Kansas from this article found on the Kansas State Historical Society's web site.
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- The Norse Discovery of America Index
Nearly 500 years before Columbus discovered America in 1492, the Norsemen discovered the New World. Learn about thier journey and discovery in this text collection relating to the voyages of the Norse west to America on this site.
The Norse Discovery of America, by A.M Reeves, N.L. Beamish and R.B. Anderson, [1906], full text etext at sacred-texts.com
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- The Zebulon Pike Expedition 1806/07
In this article on History1700s.com, you will learn a little about another mission of exploration on the American Continent. Although not as well known as the Lewis and Clark expedition, this expedition also helped to eventually settle and tame the vast western half of the United States.
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- Zebulon Pike
From the National Park Service, learn about the man who discovered the mountain peak named in his honor. Zebulon Pike was an explorer and possibly a spy for the United States.
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- Zebulon Pike Bicentennial Page
Learn about Zebulon Pike and the Bicenteniel of his trek across the Western plains of America from the Santa Fe Trail association.
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