Parallel Histories: Spain, United States and the American Frontier

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Parallel Histories: Spain, United States and the American Frontier is a collaborative project between the Library of Congress, the National Library of Spain and the Biblioteca Colombina y Capitular of Seville. This collection, which is presented in both English and Spanish, discusses the expansion of Spain into North America from Florida and Georgia into Louisiana, Texas, the Southwest and also into parts of Alaska. The presentation also discusses interactions between Spain and the United States and Spain’s eventual departure from the United States after the Spanish American war. This collection provides links to a number of American Memory collections including the papers of Jefferson and Washington, A Century of Lawmaking and our extensive online map collection.

Exploration and Early Settlement

Period of Exploration — 1492-1763
Global Expansion and Encounter, 1450-1770
Colonial Settlement — 1492-1763
The American Revolution — 1763-1783
An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914
The New Nation — 1780-1815
Expansion and Reform — 1801-1861
Emergence of Modern America — 1890-1930

Map Collections
American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920
California As I Saw It
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age
The Spanish American War in Motion Pictures
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
The Culture and History of the Americas
The World of 1898: The Spanish American War

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