| Spain, the U.S. and the American Frontier: The Spanish in America |
| A listing of web sites that provide links to information about The Spanish in America.
For additional information about Spain at the Library of Congress, consult its online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov).
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the history of Spain in America is the Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 140 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/). Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.
One of the major aggregators for links for historical subjects relating to Spain is found in the early years covered by the University of Kansas' AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History (http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html), and the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies' Resources for Spain (http://www.ku.edu/~iberia/ssphs/spainresources.html).
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| 1492: An Ongoing Voyage -- Middle America (http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/e-Eur.claims.Amer/midamer.html) |
| Part of a Special Project by the Library of Congress. Gives a brief account of the colonization of Middle America by Hernando Cortes, the destruction of Tenochtitlan, the capital city, and its rebuilding as Mexico City. Deals with the economic history and includes a testimony from the Huejotzingo, who presented a hand-painted document in a court case against the Spanish crown. Reveals the stratified Nahuatl Indian social structure and cultural heritage. |
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| Biblioteca virtual Miguel de Cervantes (http://cervantesvirtual.com) |
| A virtual library that presents texts and criticism relating to Spanish and Latin American culture. Also provides some spoken and written samples of texts of classic works, and videos of interviews with authors. Provides links to sites at major libraries, links to electronic reference works such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, calculators, maps, etc. Sponsors electronic discussion groups and provides space to post commentaries on the works. |
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| On De Soto's Trail by Robert B. Rackleff. (http://marauder.millersv.edu/%7Ecolumbus/data/art/RACKLEFF.ART) |
| Presents the article "On De Soto's Trail," by Robert B. Rackleff, published online by Millersville University as part of the Columbus and the Age of Discovery Web site. Notes that it was originally published by the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Describes an archeological find made by archaeologist Calvin Jones in Tallahassee, Florida, of a former encampment of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto (c.1500-1542). Explains that the site was an American Indian town captured by dde Soto. |
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| Discovery of America (http://www.sispain.org/english/history/discover.html) |
| Features a brief history of the European discovery of America by the Genoese navigator and explorer for Spain Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), provided online by "Si, Spain" as a service of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Offers access to links on the history and culture of Spain. |
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| Famous Hispanics in the World and History. (http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.html) |
| Presents information on famous Hispanic people throughout history. Contains English and Spanish versions of site information. Profiles such people as statesman Abderraman II, Emperor Publio Elio Adriano, and explorer Vasco Nunez Balboa. Includes information on military officers, writers, musicians, scientists, sports figures, and artists from Spain, Latin America, the United States and other areas.. Links to other Hispanic resources. |
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| Ferdinand de Soto (http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/CF00001555.jpg) |
| A history of the expeditions and military conquests of Hernando de Soto in South America, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. |
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| Florida, its history and its romance (http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001619.pdf) |
| History of Florida from the expedition of Ponce de Leon in 1513 through the first years of the twentieth century. |
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| History of the Conquest of Peru (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1323) |
| This text can be read following the links in the home page or it can also be downloaded in zip format (compressed). The book is based on documents the author collected in Spain. The majority of the documents come from the archives of the Royal Academy of History in Madrid. The richest portion of this collection is probably that furnished by the papers of Munoz. This eminent scholar, the historiographer of the Indies, employed nearly fifty years of his life in amassing materials for a history of Spanish discovery and conquest in America. In English. |
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| Juan Ponce de Leon (http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001643.pdf) |
| Biography of Juan Ponce de León, including a description of the events in Spain and the Caribbean which may have shaped the his early life. Discusses relations between the Spaniards and the Indians of the West Indies, chiefly those found in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Chapter XIV (p. 182-[198]) gives an account of Ponce de León's discovery of Florida in 1513. His return and death there in 1521 is given in Ch. XX (p. 269-[282]). |
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| Manuscritos de América en las colecciones reales (http://cervantesvirtual.com/portal/patrimonio) |
| Consists of: three collections, "Manuscritos de América en las colecciones reales", "Palafox y Mendoza", "La América colonial en la Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes", the individual works in which are also available via the Internet and form a portion of the resource: Biblioteca virtual Miguel de Cervantes. |
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| Maps of the Pimeria (http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/pimeria/) |
| "This exhibit illustrates and describes a selection of original rare and historic maps chosen from the Map Collection of the University of Arizona Library. They portray a region of New Spain once called Pimeria and chronicle four centuries of mapping from the earliest map of the region in the collection, a 1556 view of North and South America, up to the Gadsden Purchase of 1854 when Pimeria Alta--or southern Arizona--was acquired by the United States from Mexico." |
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| Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida (http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001641.pdf) |
| Describes Hernando de Soto's march of conquest in Florida and other parts of southeastern North America. |
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| Parallel histories (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000043) |
| Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier is a bilingual, multi-format English-Spanish digital library site that explores the interactions between Spain and the United States in America from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. A cooperative effort between the National Library of Spain, the Biblioteca Colombina y Capitular of Seville and the Library of Congress, the project is part of the Library of Congress Global Gateway initiative to build digital library partnerships with national libraries around the world. Through the presentation in digital form of books, maps, prints and photographs, manuscripts, and other documents from the collections of the partner libraries, this project illuminates five main themes related to the history of Spain and the parallel histories between the United States and Spain: Exploration and Early Settlement, Colonization and Settlement, Meeting of Cultures and Religious/Evangelical Activities, American Revolution, and Mutual Perceptions. Exploration and Early Settlement was launched in June 2005; the other sections are in process. |
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| The Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States, 1513-1561 (http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/CF00001551.jpg) |
| A history of Spanish colonisation of the United States from 1513-1561. |
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| http://vlib.iue.it/hist-spain/Index.html (http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/) |
| The Spanish History Index for historians produced by the University of Kansas. It is available through The World Wide Web Virtual Library - History -
European History section.
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