Encyclopedia Americana

The Encyclopedia Americana is a reference work which is the second largest printed general encyclopedia in the English language (after the Encyclopaedia Britannica). Originally founded by Francis Lieber, the first edition comprised of 13 volumes and was published between 1829 and 1833 by Grolier Inc.

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Reference - Encyclopedia - English language - Encyclopaedia Britannica - Francis Lieber - 1829 - 1833 - Grolier Inc

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In the year 2004, the 175th anniversary edition has 45,000 articles containing 25 million words and was written by 6,500 contributors. It includes 9,000 bibliographies, 150,000 cross-references, 1,000+ tables, 1,200 maps, and almost 4,500 black-and-white line art and color images. It also has 680 factboxes.

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2004 - Article - Million - Word - Bibliographies - Table - Map - Art - Image

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Currently, the encyclopedia is produced by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic Inc and Grolier Inc. An online version, requiring subscription, has been introduced since 1996.

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Encyclopedia - Scholastic Library Publishing - 1996

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