A Brief History of Time & Space
the shifting borders of the Holy Roman Empire from 1000-1750 Point in History is an interactive map which allows you to explore country and ...
Scratch & Sniff New York
Under the grey, decrepit streets of New York there is a shiny, modern 21st Century city just waiting to emerge. At least there is on Chris W...
Historic England from the Air
A new interactive map from Historic England allows you to search and explore historical aerial imagery of England captured over the last 100...
The Digital Atlas Ortelius
The Atlas Ortelius was the first 'modern' world atlas. Abraham Ortelius printed his 'Theatrum orbis terrarum' at the end of ...
The Interactive Map of Sundown Towns
In the United States some neighborhoods and towns have traditionally managed to largely exclude non-white residents. These areas have manage...
Colonizing America
In 1862 the U.S. government passed the Homesteading Act in order to encourage people to move west. Under the act people were offered 160 acr...
Mapping History
Maps are just as much historical entities as they are geographical. Maps provide a representation of spatial relationships as they exist at ...
Soviet Belfast
During the Cold War the Soviet Union carried out a huge project to create detailed military maps of the west.From the 1940's right u...
The Japanese Map of Pearl Harbor
After Japan's successful attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 the commander of the Japanese air squadron, Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, drew up a ma...
Germany - The Beautiful Travel Country
In 1936 the German Railways Information Bureau created and released a pictorial map of Germany, designed to promote tourism in Nazi Germany....
Mapping Earth's Climate History
The Hadley Centre Central England Temperature data-set is the world’s longest running climate record. Since 1659 it has recorded the mean, m...
Discovering Local History and Culture
Clio is an interactive map based tool for discovering nearby historical and cultural sites across the United States. Enter your address into...
The Interactive Mao Kun Map
The Mao Kun map is the earliest Chinese map to accurately map Southern Asia, Persia, Arabia and East Africa. The map was first published in ...
How to Make Lockdown Walks Interesting
Last week one of my neighbors complained about how she had become incredibly bored having to walk the same streets and parks over & over...
The Corridors and Slums of Amsterdam
The fabric of Amsterdam is defined by its canals, its tall narrow buildings and its network of streets and alleys.Amsterdam also has lots of...
The Bombing of London
I live in London's East End, in a mainly residential area which was first developed in the Victorian age. Housing in this area of London...
Discovering the Northwest Passage
Arctic Fog is a fascinating historical journey into the discovery of the Northwest Passage and the Northeast Passage. The map recounts all t...
Making History with Maps
Making History Sandbox is an interesting interactive mapping tool which allows you to make maps which show developments over time. It is pro...
The Origins of Stonehenge
It has long been believed that the smaller bluestones of Stonehenge were originally quarried in the Preseli Hills of west Wales. This means ...
Historical Maps of New York
The Brooklyn Public Library has a fantastic collection of historical maps of New York City and beyond. The library has digitized around 1,50...