Encyclopedia Americana

The Encyclopedia Americana is the second largest printed universal encyclopedia in the English language according to the Encyclopædia Britannica. As the name suggests, it is produced in the U.S. and is primarily focused on the North American market. Therefore, the coverage of U.S. and Canadian history and geography is particularly extensive. Also notable is the large number of glossaries containing the encyclopedia.

The 2004 anniversary edition for the 175th anniversary of the Encyclopedia Americana includes 45,000 articles with 25 million words and was written with the participation of 6500 authors. It contains 9,000 bibliographies, 150,000 cross-references, more than 1000 tables, 1200 cards and approximately 4500 black and white and color photographs. Since the encyclopedia band is revised for tape, some items have been deprecated. For the current update, therefore The Americana annual has been published since 1923.

The Encyclopaedia Americana was founded by the German - American jurist and political scientist Francis Lieber based on the seventh edition of the Brockhaus Konversationslexikon. Initially consisted of 13 volumes.