1492
Subtitle: an ongoing voyage.
Contributors: Library of Congress.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher -- Exhibitions.; Library of Congress -- Exhibitions.; Indians -- First contact with Europeans -- Exhibitions.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Introduction to 1492
Description: Online version of an exhibition held at the Library of Congress from August 13, 1992 to February 14, 1993. Examines the mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of the Western hemisphere before European arrival. Also surveys the polyglot Mediterranean world at a turning point in its development.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on Apr. 7, 2003; last updated Oct. 11, 2002).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: What came to be called "America"; title: The Mediterranean world; title: Christopher Columbus : man and myth; title: Inventing America; title: Europe claims America; title: Epilogue; title: Exhibition overview; title: Suggested readings; title: Online exhibit credits.