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Historical geography

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Amsterdam Heritage: Information on Amsterdam and its architecture, including the history and topographical development of the city.
Author: City of Amsterdam Municipal Department for Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Sites
Subjects: historical geography, netherlands
DeweyClass: 720.9492
Resource type: documents, images
Charting the Nation: A collaborative digital imaging and cataloguing project with the primary aim of widening access to maps of Scotland and their associated texts dating from ca. 1550 to 1740. This three-year project (1999-2002) is now managed by Edinburgh University Library, and involves a core consortium of 9 other higher education and national institutions within the UK.
Author: Edinburgh University Library
Subjects: historical geography, maps of scotland, scottish history
DeweyClass: 912
Resource type: maps
Crucible of Empire: Designed as a Web companion to the film of the same name, this resource details the Spanish-American war of 1898, which is credited with being the first media war, and the war that established the United States as an imperial world power. Features a transcript of the film, a time-line of events prior to and after the war, and galleries providing headlines, cartoons, and sheet music from the period.
Author: Great Projects Film Company
Subjects: historical geography, spain, warfare
DeweyClass: 973.89
Resource type: document collection
EDINA Digimap: Ordnance Survey map data for the UK Higher Education community, enabling users to view and print maps of any location in the UK at predefined scales. Requires institutional subscription and individual registration via an ATHENS username and password.
Author: EDINA, Edinburgh University
Subjects: cartography, historical geography, maps of britain
DeweyClass: 912.41
Resource type: documents, maps
Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers: Collection of historical maps of the Netherlands by cartographers such as Janssonius, Jacob Aertsz, Georg Braun, and Frans Hogenberg. City maps from Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden are also featured.
Author: Welling, George M.
Subjects: cartography, historical geography, netherlands
DeweyClass: 526
Resource type: maps
Historical Geography Specialty Group: Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
Author: Association of American Geographers
Subjects: historical geography
DeweyClass: 911
Resource type: institution
HISTOS: Electronic Journal of Ancient Historiography: Publication concerned with the historiographical texts of Greece and Rome; Byzantine historiography; the historiography of other ancient cultures; ancient biography; the influence of historiography and biography on other literary genres; precursors of historiography and biography; modern theory relevant to the study of historiography; and indeed ancient use of non-literary media for the representation of the past.
Author: University of Durham
Subjects: ancient history, greek history, greek literature, historical geography, roman history
DeweyClass: 930
Resource type: journal
INCORE Internet Country Guides: Guide and resource index to several areas of conflict in Africa, Europe, and Asia such as Kashmir. Includes links to news sources, maps and mailing lists.
Author: INCORE
Subjects: european history, historical geography, peace and conflict
DeweyClass: 303.69
Resource type: documents, index
Journal of Historical Geography: Quarterly journal covering all aspect of historical geography, including individual and collective understandings, experiences, and interpretations of places in the past.
Author: Academic Press
Subjects: historical geography
DeweyClass: 911
Resource type: journal
Maps from our Collections: The NLS Map Library is among the ten largest in the world. Categories include maps of Scotland 1560-1928, Pont's maps of Scotland c.1583-c.1596, military maps of Scotland (18th century) and ordnance survey town plans 1847-1895.
Author: National Library of Scotland
Subjects: historical geography, maps of scotland, scottish history
DeweyClass: 912.41
Resource type: maps
Mount Everest: The British Story: This resource covers many aspects of Mount Everest's history relating to British mountaineers and expeditions, charting the history of expeditions from 1921 to the present day, and includes information on routes taken, individual mountaineers and current news. A book of photographs is also provided for browsing.
Author: Wallace, Colin
Subjects: historical geography, mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: documents, images
OldeMaps: Historical map collection of towns in Scotland, England and Wales from the 1950's, based on the Bartholomew half inch map series.
Author: Gray, John
Subjects: historical geography, maps of britain, maps of england, maps of scotland
DeweyClass: 912.41
Resource type: documents, maps
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe: Online historical atlas showing the countries of Europe at the end of each century from AD 1 to AD 1700. Information is available in English and French.
Author: Nussli, Christos
Subjects: historical geography, maps of europe
DeweyClass: 911
Resource type: maps
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Collection of several hundred digital images, mainly covering architecture in Italy in the 15th-17th century, with some images from France and England.
Author: University of Virginia Digital Image Center
Subjects: architectural research, historical geography, italian history, renaissance history
DeweyClass: 720
Resource type: image collection
UCSB Department of Anthropology Links Directory: Set of links to anthropology resources including university departments, journals, societies, teaching materials, museums and conferences. Subjects such as cultural anthropology, archaeology and physical anthropology are covered.
Author: University of California Santa Barbara
Subjects: anthropology, historical geography
DeweyClass: 301
Resource type: index
Vision of Britain Through Time: Collection of geographical surveys of Britain, offering information regarding changes in Britain during 1801 to 2001. Employs maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions to illustrate geographical boundaries, how land use and agriculture have changed, and labour market trends (including unemployment and wages). Also contains a section on travel writing, detailed general election results from 1832 to the present day, and a series of educational tutorials.
Author: Great Britain Historical GIS Project, University of Plymouth
Subjects: historical geography
DeweyClass: 941
Resource type: maps