WALSH-01 ART "Spanish Road, American Destinies, 'Voyages to the Interior'" by Lawrence B. Walsh in Encounters, Double Issue No. 5-6, pp. 56-61. The author retraces the Camino Real, a great landmark of the Spanish-American heritage.
WARHUS01 ART "Columbus Maps Find Home. Quincentennial Exhibition Highlights Discovery" Association of American Geographers no date 1pg. Map exhibition announcement.
WARREN01 ART "The Encounter: Native Americans and the Quincentenary" Reprinted from Encuentro, A Columbian Quincentenary Newsletter, Latin American Institute, UNM by Dave Warren in: Five Hundred Magazine, Vol. 1/No. 1; May/June 1989. Indians and of Indian concerns within national and international arenas today and the effect of the Quincentenary celebration on the Indians.
WARREN02 ART "History's Great Surprise: The American Indian" by David Warren in OAH Magazine of History, Vol. 5, No. 4, Spring 1991, pp. 5-6. An overview of the encounter of 1492 concentrating on the Indians of the New World plus a summarized history of the Indian in America since 1492 including a look into the future.
WASHBR02 ART "Preparations and Problems of Preparing for the 500th Anniversary of Columbus's Discovery of America" by Wilcomb E. Washburn in "Anais Hidrograficos, Tomo XLI" (Suplemento), 1984. Discusses problems and objections that have arisen about the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery.
WASHBR03 ART "As Ilhas Can rias e a Quest o do Meridiano de Referência: A Busca do Rigor na Mediç o da Terra" by Wilcomb E. Washburn in A Abertura do Mundo: Estudos de História dos Descobrimentos Europeus, Vol. 1, pp. 213-220. Article in Portuguese concerning the establishment of the Prime Meridian in the quest to accurately measure the earth.
WASHBR04 ART "The Canary Islands and the Question of the Prime Meridian: The Search for Precision in the Measurement of the Earth" by Wilcomb E. Washburn from V Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana (1982): Coloquio Internacional de Historia Marítima. Article concerning the establishment of the Prime Meridian in the quest to measure accurately the earth.
WASHBR05 ART "The Age of Discovery" by Wilcomb E. Washburn in American Historical Association Publication Number 63, copyright 1966, pp. 1-26. Gives an overview of all facets of the Age of Discovery and also lists books, articles, journals, etc., in which more specific information can be found about each subject.
WASHBR07 ART Article by Wilcomb Washburn in Portuguese entitled "AGRUPAMENTO DE ESTUDOS DE CARTOGRAFIA ANTIGA" presented in 1969 in Lisbon.
WASHBR08 ART Article by Wilcomb E. Washburn entitled "Japan on Early European Maps" from Pacific Historical Review issued quarterly by The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. (August 1952)
WASHBR09 ART Wilcomb E. Washburn "SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON, HISTORIAN" from The William and Mary Quarterly 3d Series, Vol. XXXVI, July 1979 Copyright 1979, by the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
WASHBR10 ART Article by WILCOMB E. WASHBURN entitled "A Proposed Explanation of the Closed Indian Ocean on Some Ptolemaic Maps of the Twelfth-Fifteenth Centuries" in the CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE HISTORIA E CARTOGRAFIA ANTIGA Serie Separatas 177.
WASHBR11 ART "Columbus: On and Off the Reservation" by Wilcomb Washburn for the National Review, October 5, 1992. Book review of two recent books dealing with Indian America.
WASHBR12 ART "Exploration and Discovery before 1492" by Wilcomb Washburn from The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, 1992., Silvio Benini, Editor, pp. 257-260. Survey of discoveries from antiquity to Columbus.
WATTS03 ART "Science, Religion, and Columbus's Enterprise of the Indies" by Pauline Moffitt Watts in OAH Magazine of History, Vol. 5, No. 4, Spring 1991, pp. 14-17. Columbus was seeking to demonstrate the special role he believed he was destined to play as the 'Christ-bearer' in the unfolding historical events.
WEAVER-B ART "Controversial author to give lecture" by Brian Weaver in The Snapper (October 7, 1992 p. 14). This article tells of the upcoming talk by Kirkpatrick Sale on Columbus Day at Millersville University.
WEST-01 ART "Medieval Ideas of Apocalyptic Mission and the Early Franciscans in Mexico." Delno C. West. The Americas, Vol. XLV, January 1989, No. 3, pp. 293-313. Talks about apocalypticism within the Franciscans and its relation to the discovery of the New World.
WEST-02 ART "Wallowing in a Theological Stupor or a Steadfast and Consuming Faith: Scholarly Encounters with Columbus' Libro de las profecias" by Delno C. West. Discusses Columbus' literary work Libro de las profecias and hints to his theology and apocalypticism contained therein.
WEST-03 ART Delno West, "Christopher Columbus and His Enterprise to the Indies: Scholarship of the Last Quarter Century." From the William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. XLIX, No. 2, April, 1992. A historiographical article.
WESTKLN1 ART "Columbus and Columbia: A Brief Survey of the Early Creation of the Columbus Symbol in American History" by Delno C. West and August Kling in "Studies in Popular Culture" (XII: 2, 1989, pp. 45-60). Prolific writer on Columbus talks about symbolism.
WESTKLN2 ART "Reflections on the Coincidences of Christopher Columbus's Libro de Las Profecías and the American Dream" by Delno C. West and August Kling in Encounters, Double Issue No. 5-6, pp. 22-24. Reflections on the similarity of themes in Columbus's Book of Prophecies and in how the first American epic writers envisioned the American ideal.
WILFORD1 ART "Columbus Landed Somewhere Else, Maybe" 9 OCT 86 The New York Times 3 pgs. Review of another proposed Columbus landfall. Proposed by Samuel Eliot Morrison.
WILFORD2 ART More debate over Columbus landfall.
WILFORD3 ART "Dominican Bluff Yields Columbus's First Colony" by John Noble Wilford in The New York Times, Tuesday, November 27, 1990, pp. C1, C6. Archeologists working in El Castillo, Dominican Republic, have uncovered artifacts which lead them to believe that they may have found the site of Columbus' first colony in the New World--La Isabela.
WILL-J01 ART "Ethnos and Jubilee: A Personal Epilogue" by John Alexander Williams in Encounters (February 1992, No. 8, pp. 26-29). This article examines the problems the Quincentenary Jubilee Commission has had in planning and implementation of the celebration.
WILLIAM2 ART "Columbus discussed by students" by John Williams in The Snapper (October 14, 1992 Vol. LXV No. 5 p. 1). This article recounts the mock trial of Columbus at the University of Minnesota in September of 1992. Accounts of the various points of view used i n the trial is presented.
WILLS-01 ART "Man of the Year" by Garry Wills in The New York Review, November 21, 1991, pp. 12-18. Review of 13 books on the subject of Columbus, his voyages, his life, and his place in history.
WILLS-02 ART "Goodbye, Columbus" by Garry Wills in The New York Review, November 22, 1990, pp. 6-10. Review of three books on the subject of the Columbian Legacy, mostly on the anti-Columbus side.
WILSON01 ART "Peopling the Antilles." Samuel M. Wilson. Archaeology, September/October 1990, pp. 52-57. Columbus encountered a rich and complex culture, a "singularly friendly" people whose ancestors had colonized the Caribbean over the course of six millennia.
WILSON02 ART "Columbus, My Enemy" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History, December 1990, pp. 44-49. Discusses the early relations between Columbus (and his crews) and the indigenous populations of the Caribbean, especially focusing of the Taino and their ruler, Guarionex.
WILSON03 ART "Death and Taxes: Every Empire Has Its Price" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History, April 1991, pp. 22-25. Relates the activities of tribute collection by the Spanish Empire in the New World to the tax system of the Roman Empire and disscusses how the Spanish Empire worked in the New World.
WILSON04 ART "The Admiral and the Chief," Natural History, pp. 14-19, 3/91. An article by Samuel M. Wilson about the encounter between Columbus and the Taíno Indian chief Guacanagarí and the loss of the ship Santa María.
WILSON05 ART "Columbus's Competition" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History, January 1992, pp. 27-29. In their search for the Orient, Europeans were bound to sail west.
WILSON06 ART "The Vikings and the Eskimos" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History (February 1992, pp. 18-21). This article describes the voyage of Leif Eriksson and his contact and dealings with the eskimos of Greenland and the eastern part of arctic North America.
WILSON07 ART "The Unmanned Wild Countrey" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History (May 1992, pp. 16-17). This article examines the colonists justifications for taking Indian land during the early colonial period. Drawn from many period sources.
WILSON08 ART "The Gardeners of Eden: A bouquet of exotic flowers was one trophy of European expansion" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History (July 1992 pp. 20-23). This article tells of the importation of New World plants into the gardens of the Old World, and the impact that they made.
WILSON09 ART "The Emperor's Giraffe" by Samuel M. Wilson in Natural History (Vol. 101, No. 12, December 1992). Article points out that before European powers came to be a world trading power, China had established itself as a power.
WONG-01 ART "Columbus: The Departure Revisited" by Simone Wong. Encounters: A Quincentenary Review, Summer 1990, pp. 16-17. Talks about a work of art by Emanuel Leutze entitled "Columbus's Departure from Palos".
WYNTER02 ART "Una Perspectiva del 'Nuevo Mundo'" by Sylvia Wynter, Profesora en el Departamento de Español y Portugués y Estudios Afroamericanos en la Universidad de Standford. Article in Spanish from Excelsior, Ediciones Especiales (No. 9) Mexico, June 12, 1992. This article is about different perspective on the discovery of the "New World".
ZAIN-01 ART "The Scholarly Benefits of the Columbus Quincentennial Will Reach Far Beyond 1992" Chronicle of Higher Education 12 APR 89 2 pgs. Discusses Academic benefits stemming from Quincentennial celebrations.
ZAVALA01 ART "Cristobal Colon en la pintura de los siglos XIX y XX" by Silvio Zavala in Boletin 30 editorial de el Colegio de Mexico, pp. 12-17.
ZAVALA02 ART "Pluralidad de Encuentros," by Silvio Zavala, Historiador y Escritor / Mexicano. Article from Ediciones Especiales (No. 13), Mexico, D. F., October 12, 1992. Article in Spanish about Mexico's diverse cultural heritage.