Early Encounters in North AmericaPrimary sources and documents the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850 focusing on personal accounts, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women. It includes works by American Indians as well as a wide range of Europeans. The database includes prints, drawings, paintings, maps, bibliographies, letters, photographs, and original facsimile pages.