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Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia written in American English
For the 19th-century encyclopedia, see Encyclopædia Americana (.
Author | Francis Lieber (1800–1872) |
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Language | English |
Subject | General |
Published | 1829–present (online) |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Media type | 1 |
Encyclopedia Americana is a general encyclopedia[1] written in American English.
It was the first general encyclopedia of any magnitude to be published in North America.[2]: 31 With Collier's Encyclopedia and Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopedia Americana became one of the three major and large English-language general encyclopedias; the three were sometimes collectively called "the ABCs of encyclopedias".[2]: 23 Following the acquisition of Grolier in 2000, the encyclopedia has been produced by Scholastic.
The encyclopedia has more than 45,000 articles, most of them more than 500 words and many running t