Native American Literature Online
This site links electronic texts of books, articles, and speeches, largely by contemporary Native American authors.
Internet Public Library; Native American Authors
This index of Native American authors provides biographical information, mostly on contemporary authors.
Index of Native American Stories Online
This site indexes Native American stories, dividing them into categories of traditional and modern.
Index of Native American Poetry Online
This index provides links to electronic poetry texts, mostly by contemporary authors
Native American Sites
This page privodes information on Native American nations, organizations, and artistic projects.
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
This index includes information on Native American culture and language, and links to electronic texts.
A Talk Concerning First Beginnings; Teaching Native American Oral Literature
This essay by Andrew Wiget, copied from the Heath Anthology newsletter, discusses the teaching of Native American literatures.

A Shared Experience's Historical Survey; 16th & 17th Century Spanish Exploration
This history essay discusses 16th & 17th century Spanish exploration.
Sexuality & the Invasion of America 1492-1800
This essay addresses the issues of sexuality and women in early America.
Arrival of European Explorers in America
This site provides a timeline of European exploration in the "New World."

"Creation of the Whites" (Yuchi) Christopher Columbus

1492: An Ongoing Voyage
This page by the Libary of Congress provides historical background on Columbus and the events of 1492.
Columbus Day
This page includes basic historical information, maps, and writings on the controversies surrounding Columbus.
Christopher Columbus & Early European Exploration
This page includes information of historical resources.
Topic Philately Gallery - History of the Sea; Christopher Columbus
This historical essay also provides links to other Columbus web sites.
AP US History; The Voyages of Columbus
This project includes historical material, articles, and maps, as well as links to other Columbus web sites.
Encyclopedia Britannica "Columbus"
This entry on Columbus provides basic information and maps of Columbus's voyages.
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
This page includes historical information and essay, and especially material on Columbus' navigational techniques.
The Columbus Landfall Homepage
This page focuses on the history of Columbus and where he arrived in the "New World," with maps to illustrate.
Examining the Reputation of Christopher Columbus
This essay by anthropologist Jack Weatherford discussses the reality and myth of Columbus, addressing the treament of Native Americans by Columbus and his crews.
Chistopher Columbus; Letter to the King and Queen of Spain
This site is the electronic text of this important primary source.
Medieval Source Book: Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal
This site provides primary source material by Columbus.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Windows to the Unknown: Cabeza de Vaca's Journey to the Southwest
This extensive project at the University of Texas includes many analytical essays on de Vaca's life and discoveries.
Cabeza de Vaca
This site provides background historical and biographical information.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Along with biographical material and a map, the site includes a long account of the voyage by de Vaca.
The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
This site provides the primary source by de Vaca on his journey, dating from 1542.
The Environmental History of De Vaca's Wonderous Journey By Dan Flores
This essay, part of the "Windows to the Unknown" project, focuses specifically on de Vaca's "Relacion."
On the Trail
This page, with a poem and story, presents the story of Estevanico from the time of de Vaca's journeys.
Historical Index Tribes in Texas
This site provides historical information on the Native American groups present in Texas at the time of de Vaca's journeys to the Southwest.

Gentleman of Elvas, Laudonniere, Aviles, Niza, Castaneda, Villagra, and Champlain

Florida of the French
This site provides historical and biographical inforamtion on Ribault, Laudonniere, and Aviles.
Welcome to the First Coast
The page includes historical information on Aviles founding of St. Augustine and the French colonization in 16th century.
Samuel de Champlain's 1607 Map
This primary source is part of the Library of Congress' Treasures page and shows early pictoral representation of New England and Canada,
Ontario; History
This historical desciption of Ontario's founding includes a link to a portrait of Champlain

Electronic Text or Primary Source sites:
The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
This index includes essays and primary documents for a class on colonial economic history.
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America
This large collection of archival material shows images of early America, mostly from the South.
Fire and Ice; Puritan and Reformed Writings
This index provides links to electronic texts by Puritans and Reformers, including Taylor and Mather
Close Encounters of the First Kind, 1585-1751
These archival documents include maps drawn by John Smith.
Documents of the Early South
This index consists of 35 documents dating from 1585-1751, each with its own brief introduction.
History and Development of Prose Style
This electronic course reader includes many electronic texts of excerpts from same works as those used in Heath's Anglo-American's "New World" section.
Reference sites:
Student's History of American Literature; II. Pilgrims & Puritans in New England; Historical and Descriptive Writers...
This section of a textbook on American Literature provides good background information on many colonial authors, including many of those mentioned in Heath.
Student's History of American Literature; Puritan Poetry in New England
This section of the same textbook includes background information on many colonial poets, inluding many of those mentioned in Heath.
PAL; Perspectives in American Literature; A Research and Reference Guide; Chapter 1: Puritanism and the Colonial Period: to 1700
This site provides background information on colonial authors, with biographies of early Americanists and material on basic Puritan themes.
Cycles of US History - Colonial Cycle (1584-1700)
This essay provides basic historical information on the Puritans, Jamestown, and general colonial history.
"Colonial Women's Links"
This site includes essays on general women's history, family, and geneology in colonial America.
Colonial Era in Virginia
This site includes links to essays on Virginia history, divided by geographical area, and links to primary documents.
The Wampanoag Tribes
This site gives a basic history of the area first settled by Puritans, with biographies of the main figures involved.
APVA Jamestown Rediscovery
This site on the archeological project on rediscovery of Jamestown includes historical information, lists of early settlers, a map, a timeline of early colonial hist, and biographical information on John Smith and others.
Historical Almanack Williamsburg
This site on Williamsburg includes links to a timeline, a glossary of important colonial era figures, and a basic history of early America.

Handsome Lake (Seneca)

John Smith (see many of above links on Virginia history)

History of Gloucester County
This site includes the basic story of Pocahantas, Powhatan and Smith upon his arrival in America, with brief biographical sketches of each figure involved.

Edward Maria Wingfield

Wingfield Family Society
This page provides links to the history of the Wingfield family, an essay on Edward Maria, and historical backgrnd material.

Richard Frethorne

Thomas Morton

John Winthrop

John Winthrop
This Christian-biased page presents an essay on Winthrop, with analysis of Puritanism.

William Bradford

Roger Williams

Puritan Theocracy in Colonial America
At a site on censorship, a basic biography is presented of Roger Williams.

Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet
This student-written page presents a detailed timeline of Bradstreet's life, a picture of her house, and a poorly written essay on Bradstreet's life and poetry.
Biography of Anne Bradstreet
This essay on Bradstreet's life also includes discussion of her work and literary analysis of a number of poems.
Bradstreet; Levels of Identity and the Triumph of Private Love
This Harvard student paper discusses Bradstreet's "A Letter to her Husband."

Michael Wigglesworth

The Bay Psalm Book and The New England Primer

Mary White Rowlandson

Edward Taylor

The Poems of Edward Taylor
This biographical essay includes links to electronic text of 7 poems.

Samuel Sewall

Cotton Mather

John Williams

A Selection of Seventeenth-Century Poetry

A Letter to His Parents George Alsop
This letter is a primary document from 1663

History of the Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531

Our Lady of Guadalupe - Patroness of the Americas; The Apparitions and the Miracles
This site includes a narration/translation of the story of the apparition, and is one of a number of religious pages on the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Our Lady of Guadalupe; Patroness of the Americas
The homepage for another religious site on the Virgin of Guadalupe; it includes a timeline of the miracle.
Interlupe Page of the Center of Guadalupan Studies
This site is another religious page on the Virgin.
"Virgin of Guadalupe hits ëNet"
This Associated Press article discusses the modern day "cyber-cult" on the Virgin of Guadalupe (as represented in the previous three sites).

Don Antonio de Otermín and The Coming of the Spanish and the Pueblo Revolt (Hopi)

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
This site includes a brief essay on pueblos, and links to pages describing 20 specific pueblos, mostof which have references to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

Don Diego de Vargas

History of the Santa Fe Fiesta
This essay discusses the history of the fiesta, with information on de Vargas and the reconquest of 1692 in which he was involved.