Discussion Lists

For additional resources, see History: Discussion Lists.

• H-Atlantic
  International online discussion list for Atlantic World History from 1500 to 1800

• H-Caribbean
  Sponsored by the Association of Caribbean Historians

• H-OIEAHC
  International scholarly online discussion list on early American history and culture.

• H-Slavery
  Seeks to promote interaction and exchange among scholars engaged in research on slavery, the slave trade, abolition, and emancipation

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Internet Guides

For additional resources, see History: Internet Guides. Those for African History: Internet Guides and Latin American History: Internet Guides may be of particular interest.

• The African Diaspora (LANIC)

• African Diaspora Links (Cora Agatucci, Central Oregon Community College)

• Atlantic World Online Resouces (Virtual Jamestown)

• Links (H-Atlantic)

• WWW-VL: History
  • Slave-studies.net
  • USA: Discovery and Exploration
  • USA: Colonial Era

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Journals

Below are major journals for the Atlantic World. Use Cameo and the Find e-journal list to search for other journal titles in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, or use the databases listed above to find journal articles on particular topics. For additional titles, History: Journals.

• Eighteenth-Century Life (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 20, 1996-present.
  Eighteenth-Century Life
  Print: Vol. 13, 1989-present.
  HUNT JOUR-3

• Eighteenth Century Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 1, 1967-Vol. 28, 1995.
  Eighteenth Century Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 29, 1995/96-present.

• French Colonial History (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 3, 2003-present.

• Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 1, 2000-present.

• William and Mary Quarterly (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 1, 1919-vol 57., 2000
  William and Mary Quarterly (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vol. 58, 2001-present.

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Maps

For additional maps, History: Maps.

• Afriterra: The Cartographic Free Library (Afriterra Foundation)
  Rare maps of Africa from 1482 to 1847.

• Ajayi, J. F. Ade and Michael Crowder, eds. Historical Atlas of Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  HUNT REF-1 G2446 .S1 H5 1985

• The American Revolution: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 (American Memory, Library of Congress)

• American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 (New York Public Library)

• Discovery and Exploration (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  Search or browse maps from the late 15th century to the 17th century, as well as some from the 18th and 19th century.

• Historical Maps of Africa (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas Libraries)

• Kasule, Samuel. The History Atlas of Africa. New York: Macmillan, c1998.
  HUNT REF-1 G2446.S1 K3 1998

• McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin Atlas of African History. New York: Penguin Books, 1995.
  HUNT REF-1 G2446.S1 M34 1995

• Murray, Jocelyn. Cultural Atlas of Africa. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 G2446 .E6 C8 1998

• Nicolle, David. Historical Atlas of the Islamic World. New York: Checkmark, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 G1786 .S1 N5 2003

• Rare Map Collection - Colonial America (Hargett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries)

• Rare Map Collection - The New World (Hargett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries)

• Slave Trade from Africa to the Americas: 1650-1860 (Slavery in America)

• West African Slave Ports c. 1750 (Slavery in America)

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Newspapers

See also the resources listed in History: Databases and Indexes: Newspapers.

• Boston Chronicle.
  1767-70.
  HUNT-3 Microprint

• Boston Gazette.
  1719-1789
  HUNT-3 Microprint

• Pennsylvania Gazette.
  1732-1765
  HUNT-3 Microfilm

• Censor.
  1771-1772
  HUNT-3 Microprint

• New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury.
  1752-1783
  HUNT-3 Microfilm

• Massachussetts Spy.
  1770-1775
  HUNT-3 Microprint

• Virginia Gazette.
  1736-80
  HUNT-3 Microfilm

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Pictorial Resources

See also the resources listed in History: Pictorial Resources.

• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record (Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite Jr. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and University of Virginia Library)
  Search or browse eighteen categories.

• The Illustrating Traveler: Adventure and Illustration In North America And The Caribbean, 1760-1895 (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University)
  Illustrated traveler's narratives and original art by travelers from the later 18th to the late 19th century.

• Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)

• Images of Christopher Columbus and His Voyages: Selections from the Collections of the Library of Congress (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)

• Slavery in America Image Gallery (Slavery in America)

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Primary Sources

See also the resources listed in History: Primary Sources.

• Africana Digitization Project (University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries)

• Africans in the New World, 1493-1834 [microform]: from the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng.: Adam Matthew Publications, 2003.
  HUNT MFILM-3 973.0496073 A2586

• The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region ca. 1600-1925 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  First-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs

• Early English Books Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Search and display text of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

• Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport
  Court records, diplomatic correpsondence, government papers, etc.

• First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  Search or browse and display books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, scientific publications, broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, ledgers and other financial records, maps, physical artifacts, and pictorial images

• From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents (George Welling, University of Groningen)

• George Washington Papers (American Memory, Library of Congress)

• Geography of Slavery in Virginia
  Slave laws, runaway slave ads, newpaper articles, slaveholders records, etc.

• Historical Text Archive: Africa (Donald J. Mabry)

• Internet African History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham University)

• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham University)

• James Madison Papers (American Memory, Library of Congress)

• The Liberian Letters (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library)
  Two collections of letters written by former slaves from Virginia who settled in Liberia.

• Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (Hanover Historical Texts Project)

• Quobna Ottobah Cugoano: a Former Slave Speaks Out (Brycchan Carey)

• Plymouth Colony Archive Project
  Wills, laws, court records, 17th century texts, etc.

• Primary Reader in African History (Tom Costa)
  Selective readings, chosen with an eye to their illumination of important themes in African history and the history of the slave trade

• Slave Trade Journals and Papers. Marlboro, Wiltshire: Adam Matthew Publications, 1998- .
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY MICROFORMS (Ground Floor) Microfilm HT 20

• Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  Search, browse and display just over a hundred pamphlets and books (published between 1772 and 1889) concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States.

• Thomas Jefferson Papers (American Memory, Library of Congress)

• Virtual Jamestown
  Maps, censuses, court records, labor contracts, etc.

• Voyages en Afrique (Gallica)
  900 volumes de textes, 30 titres de revues, 80 cartes venant des collections imprimées de la BnF, 20 heures d'enregistrements sonores des fonds du Musée de la parole et du geste et 6500 photographies issues des fonds de la Société de géographie.

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Statistical Resources

Below are statistical resources relevant to the Atlantic World. Relevant statistics may also be in some of the resources listed at History: Statistical Resources. If you need help finding statistics, please ask for assistance at the Hunt reference desk.

• Mitchell, Brian R. International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000. 4th ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 HA4675 .M552 2003

• Mitchell, Brian R. International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 HA1107 .M5 2003

• Mitchell, Brian R. International Historical Statistics: the Americas, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 HA175 .M55 2003

• On-line Data Archive: Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Data and Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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History

See Also:
     African American History
     African History
     European History
     Latin American and Caribbean History