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Early Modern (1450 CE - 1800 CE)
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Papers of Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook on his first voyage of exploration into the Pacific region between 1768 and 1771.
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Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
A bilingual, English-Spanish website, Parallel Histories assembles approximately 250 documents relating to the history of Spanish presence in the Americas since the 15th century.
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Afriterra, The Cartographic Free Library
The maps can be used as important teaching tools for courses on many topics: African history; Atlantic World history; the slave trade; the era of European expansion; environmental history; and military history.
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Art of Asia
This site, an integrated, interactive media program, introduces users to the various arts of Asia. The site focuses on MIA’s extensive collections of Asian art, focusing on Chinese and Japanese art.![Thumbnail image of Descobrimento do Brasil [Discovery of Brazil] by Oscar Pereira da Silva](/sites/default/files/brazil-thumbnail.jpeg "Thumbnail image of Descobrimento do Brasil [Discovery of Brazil] by Oscar Pereira da Silva")
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United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures
The goals of the site are to illuminate Brazilian history, to explore the historical and cultural interactions between Brazil and the United States, and to draw attention to the similarities and differences between these two societies.
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Galileo's Notes on Motion
This presentation of the Codex 72 of the Galilean Collection, focusing on Galileo’s own notes on motion, is a gem. The manuscript offers drafts of theorems on motion, proofs, and three letters written to Galileo.
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Hanover Historical Texts Project
The project has taken a selection of more than 115 primary texts in the public domain, in English or translated into English, and made them available to anyone with Internet access.
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Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
This site offers 105 documents published between 1772 and 1889 that deal with the legal experiences of slaves and the legal aspects of slavery in the United States and Great Britain.
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Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
The site promises a look at the relation between image and power, from the time of Charlemagne to the time of Charles de Gaulle.
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