Q. I need an image from early America, before 1750, for my environmental history class.

Try the following:

• Books
  • The Conquest of Eden 1493-1515 by Michael Paiewonsky
  • The moving frontier; North America seen through the eyes of its pioneer discoverers
  • First images of America : the impact of the New World on the Old
  • The exploration of North America, 1630-1776
  • Drawn from life : science and art in the portrayal of the New World
  • The New World: the first pictures of America
  • Life in America 
  • The Drawing of America: Eyewitnesses to History 
  • Album of American History 
  • Pageant of America, a Pictorial History of the United States 
  • Art Across Time 
• Reference Books:
  • Colonial America : an encyclopedia of social, political, cultural, and economic history
• Online Resources:
  • Digital Collections from the Library of Congress.
  • JSTOR includes a primary sources/image collection.
  • Google Books. Use the advanced Google Book search and limit to full view and limit publication date [between Jan 1500 and Jan 1749] and look for America AND Plates AND (colonies OR colony). You can find maps such as these.

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