The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/columbus-and-the-taino.html Jan 5, 1502 On January 5, 1502, prior to his fourth and final voyage to America, Columbus gathered several judges and notaries at his home in Seville to authenticate copies of original documents in which Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had granted titles, revenues, powers, and privileges to him and his descendants. These thirty-six documents are popularly called Columbus’s "Book of Privileges." Four copies of his "Book" existed in 1502, including one now in Paris from which the elaborate facsimile shown here was made. This publication was one of a number of major documentary projects commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first Columbus voyage in 1892. LOC Rare Book and Special Collections Division
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/kislak/kislak-exhibit.html#obj7 "In 1787, the military governor of Guatemala sent soldier Antonio del Río to excavate a Mayan ruin near Palenque, marking the dawn of scientific archaeology in the Americas." LOC Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Exploration Youtube Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxHf_2zTcQo Feb 8, 2016 Nobleman and explorer Vasco da Gama established a trade route that linked Portugal directly with the Indian spice market. Learn how he managed to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope in this video. #Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qrt99_25kg Feb 15, 2016 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci was inspired by a conversation with Christopher Columbus to sail to the New World. Learn more Vespucci about his relationship with the continent that shares his name in this video. #Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0xm3aiPU-w Oct 16, 2013 Cortes had the permission of the Spanish monarchy to go in and conquer the Aztecs, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_euomdHOU Jan 25, 2016 After establishing a colony in Mexico, Spanish nobleman Hernan Cortes: Fast Facts rallied native allies and conquered the Aztec Empire. Learn more about what led him to destroy one of the greatest civilizations in human history in this video. #Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOmzpKTfaz4 Feb 1, 2016 Hernando De Soto began his career in exploration at age 14 when he traveled to the West Indies. Find out how he became known as the first European to discover the Mississippi River in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxHf_2zTcQo Feb 8, 2016 Nobleman and explorer Vasco da Gama established a trade route that linked Portugal directly with the Indian spice market. Learn how he managed to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope in this video. #Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGAWnyH_BYQ Jan 18, 2016 Spanish conquistador and eventual Governor of Peru Francisco Pizarro acquired wealth through kidnapping, ransom, and murder. Find out more about his violent rise to power in this video. #Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucW4SP5Bu0k Oct 9, 2020 In the early 1500s, a West African man named Juan Garrido joined the ranks of Spanish explorers who ventured out in hopes of discovering new parts of the world. With their sights set on locating the fountain of youth, Garrido and other travelers landed in what we now call Florida in 1513. While history books would have us to believe the first black people in America were slaves, Garrido’s existence and freedom to explore contradicts those sentiments. He is now etched in the nation’s history as the first black man to step foot on American soil. In this episode of Black History In Two Minutes or So hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., with additional commentary from Hasan Jeffries of Ohio State University, we will take a closer look at an African pioneer whose international exploration earned him a very special place in American history. Black History in Two Minutes or so