The Louisiana Purchase: a History in Maps, Images, and Documents on CD-ROM.THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Reasons for the Purchase The revelation in 1801 of the secret agreement of 1800, whereby Spain retroceded Louisiana to France, aroused : A HISTORY IN MAPS, IMAGES, AND DOCUMENTS ON CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Louisiana State Univ. Press (P.O. Box 25053, Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5053; 800-861-3477). c2003. Edited by Sylvia Frey. Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP or higher; Macintosh OS 8.6 or higher. CD-ROM disk. 0-8071-2963-1. $24.95. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. The story of "the largest land deal in the Atlantic world," which doubled the size of the U.S., is conveyed through over 100 rare maps, documents, and images. Editor Frey, a retired professor of history and former director of the Deep South Regional Humanities Center at Tulane University in New Orleans, drew on the collections of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. archives, museums, and libraries. Summaries by scholars introduce each image; these include period engravings and paintings, steamboat steamboat: see steamship. steamboat or steamship Watercraft propelled by steam; more narrowly, a shallow-draft paddle-wheel steamboat widely used on rivers in the 19th century, particularly the Mississippi River and its tributaries. manifests, baptismal certificates, and many other primary sources. The CD-ROM provides an overview of the main events of the Purchase, with an illustrated timeline from the 1780s to the 1820s; "fly-through" maps of the territory; audio portions in English and French; translations of all French and Spanish documents; an Image Explorer to magnify mag·ni·fy v. To increase the apparent size of, especially with a lens. images; and a link to a free online educator's guide (Internet connection required), geared to 8th graders. The focus is on the "human history of the times," and the presentation is handsome and enticing. One drawback, however, is the lack of an index or a search option, so that while it is easy to locate information by date in the timeline, it's not possible to quickly locate information on an individual, for example. Still, the many primary sources included here make this a useful supplement to studies in American history for students and teachers alike. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT |
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