The Empire Strikes Hats: An Ambitious Atlas from Fishing to Furs
By: Lena Denis
Maps showing cod and beavers in an 18th-century atlas project imperial power and economic might.
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Blogs Categories: Exploring the Early Americas
Blogs Categories: Exploring the Early Americas
Native American Spaces: Cartographic Resources at the Library of Congress
By: Julie Stoner
*The text for this blog post was adapted from the research guide created by former G&M reference specialist, Mike Klein, and from the essay by Jim Flatness, former G&M acquisitions specialist, found in the Library’s publication “Many nations : a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska Native Peoples of the …
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How to Feel Comfortable in Someone Else's Skin
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. Is …
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Lost Pages and Hidden Libraries: my quest to find the first book printed in the Americas
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. […] …
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To Have Traveled So Far: The Provenance and History of the Kislak Encounter Paintings
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. Dr. …
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A Book Tied Up in Knots
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. He …
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Finding John Huston's Feathers
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. Nature …
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Summer Reading Projects or How to Become Levi-Strauss
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. Writing …
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A Culture of Stone: carving the marble vessels of the ancient Americas
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. The …
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Eternal Abstractions: Looking at the Burial Urns of Santa Maria
By: John Hessler
This post is part of the series Excavating Archaeology, which features selections from, and research on, the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology & History of the Early Americas and related collections, housed in the Geography and Map Division and in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. Abstraction …
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