Maps from the British Library, National Archives at Kew, and the American Antiquarian Society. Includes maps of the Americas and America's westward expansion. Maps depicting Canada and the polar regions from the University of Alberta. European Travel accounts from Bryn Mawr's collection, and selected travel narratives from the American Antiquarian Society and the British Library.

Nearly every book printed in English from 1470-1700 in page image format, from the first book published in English, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare. Includes literature, original almanacs, pamphlets, musical scores, prayer books, and more.

All works printed in Europe before 1701, and all pre-1701 works in European languages printed elsewhere. Facsimile images are scanned directly from original printed sources.

Primary sources and secondary works covering food and food systems. Archival materials include pamphlets, ephemera, images, and documentaries.

Materials covering European arrival in Africa, including documents from missionaries and explorers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Sources include monographs, manuscripts, and newspaper accounts covering key issues of economics, world politics, and international strategy.

Comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes across the world, from 1900 to 2010. Includes primary and secondary source materials.

Year-by-year record of British and world events, published annually since 1758.

Covers over thirty border areas worldwide, including: U.S. and Mexico; the European Union; Afghanistan; Israel; Turkey; The Congo; Argentina; China; Thailand; and others. Historical background covered through text, video, and images