,U.S. History Release Notes 2025
Publish Date:
July 23, 2025
Revision Number:
6 7 8 9 10 RS 25 21 18 17
Page Count Difference:
From 969 pages to 981.
Errata:
Below is a table containing submitted errata and the resolutions that OpenStax has provided for
this latest text.
Location Detail Resolution Error Type
Chapter 1 - Section http://openstax.org/l/15 This link will be updated. Broken link
1.3 - West Africa and OandCcanal isn't
the Role of Slavery available anymore
Chapter 1 - The Please remove Venice This figure will be updated. Other factual
Americas, Europe, and locate it in the inaccuracy in
and Africa Before correct position. content
1492
Chapter 1 - The The text reads Revise "fifteenth- and Other factual
Americas, Europe, "fifteenth- and sixteenth-century" to inaccuracy in
and Africa Before sixteenth-century "sixteenth- and content
1492 English, Dutch, and seventeenth-century".
French explorers
expected..." but this
refers to people in the
1500s and 1600s, which
are the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries,
respectively.
,Chapter 1 - The There is a parenthetical Revise "because" to Typo
Americas, Europe, that reads "the Patriarch "became".
and Africa Before of Constantinople (a title
1492 that because roughly
equivalent to the
western Church’s pope)"
and I believe the word
"because" doesn't make
sense there. I suspect it
should read "became"
although I'm not sure
that's exactly true.
Chapter 1 - The Please change the Revise the definition to Other factual
Americas, Europe, spelling for Koran to "the sacred book of Islam, inaccuracy in
and Africa Before Quran. That spelling believed by Muslims to be content
1492 aligns closer to current the word of God dictated
usage in scholarly work to Muhammad through an
and journalism. Also, the angel in the seventh
key terms definition century".
states that Muhammad
wrote the Quran. The Our reviewers determined
language should be that a decision on the
more precise. Here is a spelling would require a
suggestion: "the sacred significant book revision.
book of Islam, which While we cannot make this
Muslims believe was change at this time, we will
recited by Muhammad consider it for future
in the seventh century." editions of this book.
, Chapter 1 - The CURRENT ALT TEXT: Our reviewers accepted General/pedag
Americas, Europe, this change, and it will be ogical
and Africa Before A map shows the routes included in the next print suggestion or
1492: Key Terms that were used in the cycle. question
course of the slave trade
and the number of
enslaved people who
traveled each route.
ISSUE:
The routes and numbers
present on the map are
not described in the alt
text. I do not see the
numbers, at least, in the
text of section 1.3
either. so that
information is missing
for screen reader users
at this point in the book.
I have tried to capture
what the map shows in
my suggested text
below, but perhaps my
summary is a misleading
simplification of an
already simplified map.
I have put the routes in
descending order by
number, but someone
more knowledgeable
might want to put them
in chronological order
instead. Thank you for
considering my
suggestion.
SUGGESTED ALT TEXT:
A map shows the routes
that were used in the
course of the slave trade
and the number of
Publish Date:
July 23, 2025
Revision Number:
6 7 8 9 10 RS 25 21 18 17
Page Count Difference:
From 969 pages to 981.
Errata:
Below is a table containing submitted errata and the resolutions that OpenStax has provided for
this latest text.
Location Detail Resolution Error Type
Chapter 1 - Section http://openstax.org/l/15 This link will be updated. Broken link
1.3 - West Africa and OandCcanal isn't
the Role of Slavery available anymore
Chapter 1 - The Please remove Venice This figure will be updated. Other factual
Americas, Europe, and locate it in the inaccuracy in
and Africa Before correct position. content
1492
Chapter 1 - The The text reads Revise "fifteenth- and Other factual
Americas, Europe, "fifteenth- and sixteenth-century" to inaccuracy in
and Africa Before sixteenth-century "sixteenth- and content
1492 English, Dutch, and seventeenth-century".
French explorers
expected..." but this
refers to people in the
1500s and 1600s, which
are the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries,
respectively.
,Chapter 1 - The There is a parenthetical Revise "because" to Typo
Americas, Europe, that reads "the Patriarch "became".
and Africa Before of Constantinople (a title
1492 that because roughly
equivalent to the
western Church’s pope)"
and I believe the word
"because" doesn't make
sense there. I suspect it
should read "became"
although I'm not sure
that's exactly true.
Chapter 1 - The Please change the Revise the definition to Other factual
Americas, Europe, spelling for Koran to "the sacred book of Islam, inaccuracy in
and Africa Before Quran. That spelling believed by Muslims to be content
1492 aligns closer to current the word of God dictated
usage in scholarly work to Muhammad through an
and journalism. Also, the angel in the seventh
key terms definition century".
states that Muhammad
wrote the Quran. The Our reviewers determined
language should be that a decision on the
more precise. Here is a spelling would require a
suggestion: "the sacred significant book revision.
book of Islam, which While we cannot make this
Muslims believe was change at this time, we will
recited by Muhammad consider it for future
in the seventh century." editions of this book.
, Chapter 1 - The CURRENT ALT TEXT: Our reviewers accepted General/pedag
Americas, Europe, this change, and it will be ogical
and Africa Before A map shows the routes included in the next print suggestion or
1492: Key Terms that were used in the cycle. question
course of the slave trade
and the number of
enslaved people who
traveled each route.
ISSUE:
The routes and numbers
present on the map are
not described in the alt
text. I do not see the
numbers, at least, in the
text of section 1.3
either. so that
information is missing
for screen reader users
at this point in the book.
I have tried to capture
what the map shows in
my suggested text
below, but perhaps my
summary is a misleading
simplification of an
already simplified map.
I have put the routes in
descending order by
number, but someone
more knowledgeable
might want to put them
in chronological order
instead. Thank you for
considering my
suggestion.
SUGGESTED ALT TEXT:
A map shows the routes
that were used in the
course of the slave trade
and the number of
