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Wikipedia: New York Harbor
Wikipedia offers a quick overview of the famous New York harbor, a good example of an ice-free, natural harbor.
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Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
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University of Texas: Singapore: Political Map
This interesting political map of Singapore shows how much land the country has reclaimed and built up. You can also see the major highways, ports, and areas of the country. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Kingston and Port Royal, 1919
A map from 1919 of the Jamaican capital city Kingston and nearby Port Royal, showing the harbor, forts Augusta, Charles, Henderson, and Passage, railway to Spanish Town, major roads, Hope River, Sandy River, and River Cobre, and coastal...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cherbourg Harbor, 1919
A map of Cherbourg, a French port, around 1919, showing the forts and military installations at the time. This map also shows villages in the area, roads, rivers, coastal features, and terrain.
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U.s. History: The Intolerable Acts
Find the response by the British Parliament to the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor. So many laws were enacted that the colonists lumped them together and called them the Intolerable Acts.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Northern Plans to End the War
By 1863 Northern military strategists developed a five-pronged plan to end the war. Read about how these goals were accomplished and at what great cost to both the Union and Confederate soldiers and civilians.
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Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Force Bill, 1833
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Force Bill of 1833 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The map is keyed to show the areas of votes for or against the bill. The bill authorized Jackson to use...
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Eye Witness to History: The Boston Tea Party, 1773
This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Liliuokalani
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Liliuokalani, the first woman to be queen of Hawaii.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Hawaii, 1920
A map from 1920 of the Hawaiian Islands showing the main islands, the capital of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, district boundaries, cities, towns, ports, railroads, principal steamship lines, submarine cable routes, terrain, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Hawaii, 1914
A map from 1914 of the Hawaiian Islands showing the main islands, the capital of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, district boundaries, cities, towns, ports, railroads, principal steamship lines, submarine cable routes, terrain, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland, 1905
Map of Ireland in 1905, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways, rivers, and coastal features. This map shows the provinces of Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, and Munster, and the Irish Sea, North Channel, St. George's Channel,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland, 1906
Map of Ireland in 1906, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways, rivers, and coastal features. This map shows the political divisions of Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, and Munster, and the Irish Sea, North Channel, St. George's...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Buffalo and Vicinity, 1916
A map from 1916 of Buffalo New York and vicinity, showing Lake Erie, Niagara River and falls, railroads, the harbor with steamer routes to all lake ports, and the Erie Canal.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: West Indies, 1906
A map from 1906 of the Greater Antilles and Bahama Island group of the West Indies. The map shows capitals, major cities, and ports, terrain and coastal features, submerged banks or reefs, and smaller islands. The water depths are...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cuba and Mexico, 1903
A map from 1903 of Cuba, Isle of Pines and Jamaica, showing the provinces at the time, province capitals, major cities, towns and ports, railroads, mountains, rivers, coastal features, and smaller neighboring islands. An inset map...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Plan of Portsmouth, England, 1903
A plan of Portsmouth from 1903. The map shows the docks around Portsmouth Harbor, roads, railways and railway stations, parks, and various buildings and other important places. Portsmouth, England was built on its strength as a seaport...
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Eternal Egypt: Tanis
Tanis' ancient Egyptian name is Djane, its Coptic name is San, the Zoan of the Old Testament. It became the capital of the Tanite kings of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Dynasties. From that time, its strategic position and harbor on...