A comprehensive resource for teachers, students, and the general browser, this easy-to-use multimedia CD-ROM tells the story of the greatest land deal in the Atlantic world through rare maps, documents, and images digitized from the rich collections of Louisiana archives, museums, and libraries. The story begins in the 1780s and ends in the 1820s, by which time a mythic transformation in U.S. geography, collective identity, and the political landscape had occurred. More than 100 images—including territorial maps, paintings and portraits, line drawings, steamboat manifests, baptismal certificates, and other documents—illuminate the human history of the time and situate the Louisiana Purchase in the western sphere of commerce and culture. Leading scholars from the United States, Canada, and Europe introduce each image with an interpretive summary. Key features include: an overview of the main events of the Purchase; fly-through maps; audio portions in English and French; translations for all French and Spanish documents; image explorer to magnify images and house document translations; and a free online educator’s guide.
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Sylvia Frey is a retired professor of history and former director of the Deep South Regional Humanities Center at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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