Unit 2 Resources

Age of Exploration

New Monarchy

European Voyages of Exploration
from The University of Calgary
Population Movements & Migration
from The University of Calgary
The Age of Discovery - Spice Trade
American Spice Trade Association
The First Voyage of Columbus
Spanish and Portuguese Explorations 1400-1600
CROSSROADS OF EMPIRE Early Printed Maps of Texas and the Southwest
NEW SPAIN: The Frontiers of Faith
Sir Francis Drake
Links page from
The Conquest of America by Hernando de Soto, Coronado and Cabeza de Vaca
Spanish Conquest
The Story of the Conquistadors
From: BBC - History
Trade Products in Early Modern History
from: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Viceregal Government Chart
from Emory University
Columbus Page
from Millersville University
Understanding Slavery
The Understanding Slavery Partnership
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation
Maritine Science from Rice University
P B S : C o n q u i s t a d o r s
from PBS
Discoverers Web Homepage - links and information on voyages of discovery
Las Casas on the Five Kings of Hispaniola
Discovery and Reformation
from Professor Thomas Hooker of Washington State University
Animated History of European Mapmaking
from BBC
Elizabeth I
from Newberry Library in Chicago
A Brief Outline of Dutch History and the New Netherland Colony
Dutch Royal Genealogy: 1500- Present
family tree
The House of Hohenzollern
family tree chart
The French Monarchy: House of Valois
family tree chart
The House of Castile
family tree chart
The French Monarchy: The French Bourbons
family tree chart
The House of Tudor
family tree chart
The House of Stuart
family tree chart
The House of Hanover
family tree chart
The House of Windsor
family tree chart
The Spanish Succession
family tree chart
The Spanish Bourbons
family tree chart
The House of Hapsburg
family tree chart
Early Russian Tsars
family tree chart
The Romanov Dynasty
family tree chart
The Tudors main page
Tudor England: 1485 to 1603: Biographies, Portraits, Primary Sources and more
TudorHistory.org
The Imperial House of Hapsburg
Elizabeth's Spy Network
Combating the Catholic threat, from Alexandra Briscoe and the BBC
Turning Ireland English
from Professor Steven Ellis and the BBC
Peter's Russia
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
The Rise of Prussia
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
English history and heritage guide
History of the Monarchy
Official Site of the British Monarchy
 

 

 

Louis XIV

English Civil War

Louis XIV
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
Le Poulet Gauche
guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France
Creating French Culture
olitical and cultural history of France from US Library of Congress
Château de Versailles
Official Museum Site
LOUIS XIV THE SUN KING
detailed site from Elena Steingrad
The Sinews of Power: the Finances of the French Monarchy from Henri IV to Louis XIV
Article from Prof R.J. Bonney The University of Leicester
Charles I
from official web site of the British Monarchy
Charles II
from official web site of the British Monarchy
English Civil War
from historyonthenet
The English Civil War Pages
from Aberystwyth " Education and the Internet " course.
The Tudors
from the British National Archives
Civil War
from the British National Archives
The Oliver Cromwell website
articles and links from The Cromwell Association and the Cromwell Museum
Gunpowder Plot Society
 

 

Thirty Years War

 
The Thirty Years War
from Chris Atkinson
The Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War
from The Catholic Encyclopedia
30 Years War
from the History Learning Site
::The Thirty Years War::
from the History Learning Site
shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Thirty.html
Translated excerpts from contemporary documents, including the Papal Bull condemning the Peace of Westphalia from Sam Houston State University
The Thirty Years War, 1618-1648
summary from Korean Minjok Leadership Academy
Thirty Years War
11 chapter book from The History of Protestantism" by J. A. Wylie
The Crown & The Cross
A Web Presentation of the Thirty Years War
Map of Thirty Years War, 1618-1648
from rootsweb
The Lion of the North -- Swedes and Scots save Germany for the Reformation!!
from G. A. Henty
Gustav II Adolfs Fotfänika i Göteborg
A unit based in Göteborg which re-enacts Gustavus’s Swedish army.
  

 

Maps

Primary Documents

Full map of Europe in year 1500
African Diaspora Map
The Americas on the eve of European conquest, c. 1500.
Viceroyaltyof New Spain
Religious Situation in Europe, c.1560
Myths of the Thrity Years War
from University of Potsdam
The Revolt of the Netherlands
The Thirty-Years-War (1)
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
Map of Thirty Years War, 1618-1648
from rootsweb
1348: Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
1494: Columbus' letter to the King and Queen of Spain
1497: Amerigo Vespucci- Account Of His First Voyage
1492: Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus
1543: St. Francis Xavier: Letter from India, to the Society of Jesus at Rome
1580: Michel de Montaigne: On Cannibals
1558: The Will of Mary I (England)
Elizabeth I: Poetry
The English Mercurie - July 23rd, 1588
News report of the Defeat of the Armada
1598: Edict of Nantes
1400s: Witchcraft Documents
1570: Pope Pius V's Bull Against Elizabeth
History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents - EuroDocs
from Brigham Young University