FRENCH TRAVEL WRITING FROM THE AMERICAS, 1500-1800
NEH SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

JULY 14 - AUGUST 15, 2003

Related Bibliographies

Institute reading list  
Secondary sources for understanding French colonial travel literature  
The Jesuit Relations and Lafitau: A Selected Bibliography  
Jean de Léry: A Selected Bibliography  
Bibliography for Marc Lescarbot  
   
   

Links to Related Web Sites

Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz The History of Louisiana Information about Le Page du Pratz and translations of selected chapters of his book
ArchiviaNet Online research tool of the National Archives of Canada
La Bibliothèque Tintamarre A site by Centenary College in Louisiana
Colonial Latin America A site by Emory University
Columbus and the Age of Discovery Millersville University text retrieval system containing over 1100 text articles from magazines, journals, newspapers, speeches, official calendars and other sources relating to various encounter themes
Commission franco-québécoise des lieux de mémoire communs A site by the Archives nationales du Québec
Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas An exhibition from the collections of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Library
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610 to 1791 English translation of the The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, save one, originally compiled and edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites and published by The Burrows BrothersCompany, Cleveland, throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century
 The Jesuit Relations and the History of New France A site by the National Library of Canada
Nouvelle-France, Horizons Nouveaux / New France, New Horizons An exhibition site in French and English
400 ans de présence française au Canada, 1604-2004 A site by the University of Ottawa on the history of the French in Canda
Virtual Jamestown An interactive site with maps, images, and records
Virtual Museum of New France Canadian Museum of Civilization

Links to Historical Documents

Le Code Noir (1685)  
Early Americas Digital Archive A site by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
   
   
   
   
   
   


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