http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Astrolabe"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1922http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1922<p>Students will learn how Atlantic-based trade shaped modern world history and life in America, and explore the web of maritime connections between Western Europe, western and central Africa, and the Americas that made up the Atlantic world in this section of <em>On the Water: Stories from Maritime America</em>, an online exhibition. Topics covered are the tobacco and sugar trades, the Middle Passage and the transatlantic slave trade, and the piracy that plagued the Caribbean Sea and North American coast during this period.</p>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:58:14 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1992http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1992<p>Students will learn about the virtually simultaneous introduction of English, French, and Spanish culture to this vast area and tells the stories of Native and European societies through 1700. Downloadable PDFs are included to relate the themes addressed in the exhibition to standards of learning.&nbsp;This website explores the international origins of the societies of Canada and the United States and commemorates the 400th anniversary of three lasting settlements in Jamestown, Qu&eacute;bec, and Santa Fe.&nbsp;</p>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:17:24 GMT