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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico and Central America, 1910
A map from 1910 of Mexico and Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, rivers, terrain and coastal features, reefs, and neighboring islands (Cuba and Jamaica). A map note shows the Panama Canal...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Surface of North America, 1912
A base relief map from 1912 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general surface terrain, including mountain systems, highlands, plains, and major river systems of the region....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Porto Rico, 1906
A map from 1906 of Porto Rico (Puerto Rico) with inset maps detailing the Danish West Indies (St. Thomas and St. John) and British Virgin Islands, Santa Cruz (St. Croix), and the islands of Culebra and Crab Island (Isla de Vieques). The...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, 1902
A map from 1902 of the Philippine Islands, showing the provinces at the time, major cities and ports, railroads on Luzon, rivers, terrain, and coastal features. The divisions of Luzon are numbered and listed on the map. Inset maps detail...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands , 1906
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: Philippine Islands and the China Sea, 1901
A map from 1901 of the Philippine Islands as a possession of the United States under the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War (December 10, 1898). The map shows the major islands, cities and ports, terrain, rivers,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Economic and Commercial Activity in the Philippine Islands, 1920
A map from 1920 of the Philippine Islands showing the principal commercial products in the region, with the products named in red. The map shows major cities and chief seaports, railroads, navigable rivers, islands and coastal features....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Civil War, 1861 1865
A map of the southeastern part of the United States showing important sites of the Civil War (1861-1865). The map shows major cities, railroads, rivers, and terrain of the region. An inset map shows northeastern Virginia, with forts and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Creek War, 1813
A map of the southern United States showing the area and battle sites of the Creek War of 1813, also known as the Red Stick War. The map shows the Upper Creek territory along the Alabama and Tallapoosa rivers, Fort Mimms near the Battle...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Texas Annexation, 1845
A map of territory claimed by Texas when admitted into the Union in 1845. The map is coded to show the frontiers of Texas with the United States and Mexico, and the disputed territory in the west between the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Seat of the Creek War, 1813
A map of the Mississippi Territory at the time of the Creek War between the Creek Nation (Muscogee) and the Cherokees, Choctaws, and eventually the United States (1813-1814). The map shows the U.S. forts in the area (Armstrong, Strother,...
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Etc: Mountain Passes & Overland Routes in the West, 1841 1850
A map of the Pacific region of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains in 1841-1850. The map shows the Old Spanish Trail from Los Angeles to Santa Fe, the Pioneer Route from the Platte River to San Francisco, the routes of Fremont...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Routes to the East From Western Agricultural Regions, 1825
A map from 1825 of the United States from east of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic showing the need for roads to get western produce from the plains across the mountains and to the marketplace in the eastern region.
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Unesco: Canada: Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: El Cuartelejo
This archeological district consists of more than 20 sites, mostly associated with the Dismal River/Plains Apache culture, dating from c CE 1650 to 1750. The principal site is a pueblo ruin thought to have been built by Taos Indians who...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Wilson Dam
Wilson Dam, on the Tennessee River, was built between 1918 and 1925 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and later came under the control of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It is the oldest of TVA's hydroelectric dams.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ohio: Donald B (Towboat)
The Donald B. was built in 1923 and is the only 1920s unchanged diesel sternwheel towboat left in the United States. It still operates towing barges in the Ohio River. After years of being located in Switzerland County, Indiana, its home...
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Portrait: Cavelier De La Salle
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643 - 1687) was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi basin...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fernando De Soto
Hernando de Soto (Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain, c.1496/1497-May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Burial of De Soto
Hernando de Soto (Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain, c.1496/1497-May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was...
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American History: Outlines: Constitutional Convention
George Washington wrote of the period between the Treaty of Paris and the writing of the Constitution that the states were united only by a "rope of sand."Disputes between Maryland and Virginia over navigation on the Potomac River led to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Austrian Netherlands, 1792
A map of the Austrian Netherlands in 1792 at the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars. The map is color-coded to show the territories under Austrian possession, the Ecclesiastical States of the Holy Roman Empire, the United...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: France, 1618 1648
A map of France during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), showing territorial boundaries, major cities, rivers, and terrain. This map is color-coded to show the territories and Departments of France, and the territories of United...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Napoleon's Campaign, 1814
A map of France at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812-1814) between the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and the coalition forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, and several German States,...
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