Humanities Librarian
Why the US celebrates Columbus Day
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Secondary Sources
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JMU Library CatalogFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
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America: History & LifeIndex with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Historical AbstractsIndex with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present; excludes the US and Canada.
Selected Primary Sources: Era of Columbus
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Empire Online (1492-1962)Full text primary source documents, including original manuscripts and printed material covering colonial history, politics, culture and society from 1492 to 1962.
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Early English Books Online"Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700."
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Columbus and His First Voyage by Call Number: E118 .C885 2016Publication Date: 2016"This documentary history allows the reader to encounter the founding documents of the Columbus story as well as the voices that dared to challenge it--even in his own day. What these documents reveal forces us to re-imagine Columbus and his voyage in surprising ways." -
The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voyage, 1492-1493)Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 1893 reprintTranslated by Clements R. Markham -
Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, with Other Original DocumentsCall Number: ebookPublication Date: 1870 reprintEdited by R.H. Major -
The life of the Admiral Christopher Columbus by his son, FerdinandCall Number: E111 .C737Publication Date: 1959 translationTranslated and annotated by Benjamin Keen -
The Devastation of the Indies by Call Number: F1411 .C43 1992Publication Date: 1992Translated by Herma Briffault
Selected Primary Sources: Development of Columbus Day
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America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922Cover-to-cover digitized historic newspapers from every state in the US.
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New York Times: HistoricalFull page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago.
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryCollection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
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Library of CongressThe Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. It is the library of the U.S. Congress and home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Search their website for digital collections.
Selected Primary Sources: Columbus Now
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Academic Search CompleteMultidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines.
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Ethnic NewsWatchFull text for ethnic, minority, and international newspapers and magazines.
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Nexis UniContains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, biographies, and more.