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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1922

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1922 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1909 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A black and white map from 1912 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1914

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1914 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, steamship routes with distances between major ports given in nautical miles, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Queensland, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Queensland, Australia in 1920, showing counties, cities and ports, railways, submarine cable and important overland telegraph routes, rivers, lakes, mountains, and coastal features. The map shows the Great Barrier Reef and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Queensland, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Queensland, Australia in 1920, showing counties, cities and ports, railways, submarine cable and important overland telegraph routes, rivers, lakes, mountains, and coastal features. The map shows the Great Barrier Reef and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Southern South America, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the southern part of South America from Sao Paulo on the Atlantic and Iquique on the Pacific south to Tierra del Fuego. The map shows the political boundaries at the time for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northern South America, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the northern part of South America from the Caribbean Sea south the Rio de Janeiro. The map shows the political boundaries at the time for Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: South America (Southern Part), 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the southern part of South America from Sao Paulo on the Atlantic and Iquique on the Pacific south to Tierra del Fuego. The map shows the political boundaries at the time for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Northern Part of South America, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the northern part of South America from the Caribbean Sea south the Rio de Janeiro. The map shows the political boundaries at the time for Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, British, Dutch, and French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Argentine Republic, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1904 of the Argentine Republic, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This map shows capital cities, major towns, ports, rivers, terrain, and coastal features. The map shows mean annual temperatures for selected cities, elevations for...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, 1914

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1914 of the Philippine Islands. The map shows the major islands and surrounding seas, cities, towns, and ports, railroads, submarine telegraph cables to Hong Kong, Guam, San Francisco, and through the islands, province...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands , 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1906 of the Philippine Islands, showing the province boundaries at the time, the capital in Manila and other major cities, railways, terrain, rivers, and coastal features of the island group. The map includes an inset of the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map of the United States, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A commercial map from 1872 of the United States showing the principal railroad and steamship routes in the region at the time. The map shows state boundaries and capitals, major cities and ports, submarine telegraph cables to Europe,...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Samuel F. B. Morse House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse in his later years; preserved by subsequent owners.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Joseph Henry House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Joseph Henry, whose scientific research on electromagnetic self-inductance led to the electrical telegraph. He was also the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: The Speedwell Village Factory

For Students 9th - 10th
Birthplace of the electric telegraph.
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Smithsonian Institution Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing of the Electromagnetic Telegraph and the Alpha Code, by Alfred Vail.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cyrus W. Field

For Students 9th - 10th
An American businessman who created the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cyrus West Field

For Students 9th - 10th
(1819-1892) American merchant who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company that laid the first cable across the Atlantic ocean.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ernst Siemens

For Students 9th - 10th
The inventor of the telegraph that used a needle to point to the right letter instead of using Morse code.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Guglielmo Marconi

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian inventor who is best known for his development of a radio telegraph system.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Finley Breese Morse

For Students 9th - 10th
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and co-inventor, with Alfred Vail, of the Morse Code.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Alva Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Alva Edison was born at Milan, Ohio, February 11, 1847, but the family soon after moved to Port Huron, Michigan. He had to earn his living from early boyhood, and was a train boy on a railroad. A station master, whose child's life...

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