Mapping the Past
A map can tell you more than east, west, north, and south.
European Explorers in North America after Columbus
Who else left Europe following the call of wealth, fame, religion, or other lures?
John Smith Map
Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of Virginia published in London in 1612.
Mundane Lives and Extreme Adventures
What were the primary concerns of English colonists in early 17th-century America?
Using Maps as Primary Sources
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student analysis of maps.