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New Database: European views of the Americas

EBSCO and the John Carter Brown Library have released a new free database of interest.  European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 is an online version of the bibliography entitled European Americana : a chronological guide to works printed in Europe relating to the Americas produced by the John Carter Brown Library. The database, which contains more than 32,000 entries, is described as “a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.”

The bibliography does not have links to Cornell holdings, but many of the titles listed would either exist in print in the Library or be found in online collections such as Early English Books Online and Eighteenth Century Collections Online.

You can access European Views of the Americas either as part of Cornell’s EBSCO resources or directly at http://www.europeanamericana.com/.

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