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AMERICAN
STUDIES
SABIN AMERICANA, 1500-1926
Accessing more than 425 years of history, Sabin Americana offers diverse perspectives on the evolution
of the Americas, including life in North, Central, and South America, as well as the West Indies.
This digital archive provides a firsthand account of all aspects of the Americas, including discovery and
exploration, slavery and European colonization, Native peoples, wars of independence, religion and
missionary work, social and political reforms, economic development, westward expansion, notable individuals,
and much more.
Full-text-searchable, this archive was drawn from Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana
— A Dictionary of Books Relating to America From its Discovery to the Present Time. Content in the
collection was sourced from a variety of libraries, including The Huntington Library, Yale University,
American Antiquarian Society, and the Library of Congress.
DID YOU KNOW?
Walter Colton, who wrote Three Years in
California, in 1850 during the Gold Rush,
describes in detail the land and people of
California, but devoted half of his preface to
how California would be so much better if
there were women.
Colton, Walter. Three years in California. New York;
(New York), 1850. 471pp. Sabin Americana. Gale,
Cengage Learning. Cengage Learning. 23 December 2013
