Below you will find an announcement of a new online exhibit
available from the Library of Congress - 1492: AN ONGOING
VOYAGE. If you believe this exhibit will be of interest to the
readers of your list, please post it to the list. Please also
pass this announcement on to anyone else who might be interested.
Thank you.
--Kathryn D. Ellis
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Kathryn D. Ellis Internet: kell@seq1.loc.gov
Special Projects Office
Library of Congress Voice: 202-707-6233
Washington, DC 20540-9100 Fax: 202-707-3764
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ANNOUNCING
a new
ONLINE EXHIBIT
from
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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* 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE *
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an Exhibit at the
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540
Available by anonymous FTP from
seq1.loc.gov
(140.147.3.12)
/pub/1492.exhibit/
The Quincentenary exhibition 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE describes
both pre- and post-contact America, as well as the Mediterranean
world at the same time. Compelling questions are raised, such
as: Who lived in the Americas before 1492? Who followed in the
wake of Columbus? What was the effect of 1492 for Americans
throughout the Western Hemisphere? The Library of Congress's
Quincentenary exhibition addresses these questions as well as
other related themes, including fifteenth century European
navigation, the myths and facts surrounding the figure of
Columbus, and the differences and similarities between European
and American world views at the time of contact.
The exhibit is divided into six (6) sections: What Came To Be
Called "America," The Mediterranean World, Christopher Columbus:
Man and Myth, Inventing America, Europe Claims America, and
Epilogue. The original exhibit included over 300 objects:
manuscripts, books, maps, and artifacts such as globes, jewelry,
and musical instruments. The online exhibit includes images of
22 objects from the original exhibit, representing each of the 6
sections. Each section consists of its own sub-directory within
the /exhibit directory and contains the exhibit text for that
section, a single image file with "thumbnail"-size copies of the
images in that section, and separate image files for each object.
The exhibit will be of interest to historians, students of the
Age of Discovery, students of Latin-American and American issues,
students of Native American issues, and to librarians and
information professionals. Please get the README file (in the
/pub/1492.exhibit directory) for details on what files this
exhibit contains. If you have questions about how to use FTP,
speak to your local computer support person. If you have
questions or comments about the exhibit, please contact me.
-- K.D. Ellis
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K.D. Ellis
Special Projects Office
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540-9100
Internet: kell@seq1.loc.gov
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>From NativeNet founder & co-facilitator Gary Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
Following is a UNIX "ls -l" listing of the files available in the ftp archive
which might be of some use to you in identifying and retrieving its contents.
Note that files with the ".wp" suffix contain WordPerfect-format text, while
those ending in ".gif" contain graphical images, which can be displayed with
software provided in the viewers subdirectory on suitably-equipped IBM-PCs:
total 47
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 1984 May 21 17:53 Biblio.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 5275 May 21 17:33 Biblio.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 3753 May 21 17:35 FILELIST
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 5646 May 21 17:33 Imaglist.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 9498 May 21 17:33 Imaglist.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 3109 Jun 16 18:59 Outline.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 3670 May 21 17:33 Outline.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 7324 May 24 08:31 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 714 May 21 17:33 WARNING
drwxr-xr-x 8 kell 512 May 21 17:33 exhibit
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 viewers
exhibit:
total 19
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 2597 May 21 17:33 Intro.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 9537 May 21 17:33 Intro.wp
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 a-America
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 b-Mediterranean
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 c-Columbus
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 d-Inventing.Amer
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 e-Eur.claims.Amer
drwxr-xr-x 2 kell 512 May 21 17:33 f-Epilogue
exhibit/a-America:
total 1977
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 137924 May 21 17:33 Americ.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 24633 May 21 17:33 Americ.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 32327 May 21 17:33 Americ.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 267891 May 21 17:33 calendar.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 367518 May 21 17:33 hammock.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 151058 May 21 17:33 machu_p.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 256684 May 21 17:33 oztoticp.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 126862 May 21 17:33 sacsahua.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 237454 May 21 17:33 secotan.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 334115 May 21 17:33 tarascan.gif
exhibit/b-Mediterranean:
total 873
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 166932 May 21 17:33 Meditr.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 21243 May 21 17:33 Meditr.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 28613 May 21 17:33 Meditr.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 115445 May 21 17:33 globe.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 228383 May 21 17:33 venetian.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 283171 May 21 17:33 world.gif
exhibit/c-Columbus:
total 665
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 81183 May 21 17:33 Columb.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 8846 May 21 17:33 Columb.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 15853 May 21 17:33 Columb.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 444197 May 21 17:33 b_o_p.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 105911 May 21 17:33 columbus.gif
exhibit/d-Inventing.Amer:
total 573
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 99235 May 21 17:33 Invent.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 6620 May 21 17:33 Invent.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 13551 May 21 17:33 Invent.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 273472 May 21 17:33 californ.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 152663 May 21 17:33 geograph.gif
exhibit/e-Eur.claims.Amer:
total 1986
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 145559 May 21 17:33 Claims.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 25324 May 21 17:33 Claims.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 32994 May 21 17:33 Claims.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 100768 May 21 17:33 conquist.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 272914 May 21 17:33 huejotzi.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 201085 May 21 17:33 iglesia.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 279679 May 21 17:33 mexico_s.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 264548 May 21 17:33 outina.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 396736 May 21 17:33 promonto.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 207223 May 21 17:33 sucre.gif
exhibit/f-Epilogue:
total 256
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 4176 May 21 17:33 Epilog.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 11046 May 21 17:33 Epilog.wp
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 232613 May 21 17:33 winter.gif
viewers:
total 444
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 948 May 21 17:33 README.viewers
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 137905 May 21 17:33 dvpeg24a.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 43237 May 21 17:33 qextract.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 kell 248433 May 21 17:33 vpic60.zip