History Maps Of The Week

Mapping Gettysburg is an interactive map close the most decisive battle inwards the American Civil War. The map allows y'all to acquire to a greater extent than close this of import resultant inwards American history through eyewitness accounts, master copy photographs in addition to views of the site equally it is today.

At the pump of Mapping Gettysburg is a vintage map of the battlefield from the Library of Congress. This map of the 'Field of Gettysburg' was made presently later the battle in addition to shows "the movements of the respective armies ... compiled from the personal observation of eye-witnesses of the several battles".

Overlaid on this vintage map of the battlefield are markers which allow y'all to browse photographs of unopen to of the soldiers who cruel inwards the battle, letters in addition to diaries from unopen to of the soldiers, historic photos of the battlefield in addition to modern views of Gettysburg National Park.


The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has released a fascinating interactive map exploring the plight of the city's Jews nether Nazi draw during the Second World War.

The Right Address: Hiding Jews inwards Occupied Warsaw tells the stories of Warsaw citizens who helped the Jews during World War II. The primary navigation method used to access the stories is a vintage map of the metropolis which allows y'all to choose these stories past times neighborhood.

Pick a neighborhood from the primary map in addition to y'all tin flaming persuasion a close-up of the neighborhood. This map includes the selection to persuasion a modern map of the metropolis overlaid on summit of the vintage map. Each neighborhood map includes a description of the neighborhood inwards the 1940's in addition to a brief concern human relationship of Nazi activeness inwards the area. It too includes accounts of how private Jews in addition to families were sheltered past times non-Jewish citizens at addresses throughout the selected neigborhood.


In 1840 Greene Street, alongside xiv brothels, was the pump of New York City's sexual practice industry. Since hence the street has gone through many changes.

You tin flaming acquire to a greater extent than close the long in addition to e'er changing history of Greene Street on A Long History of a Short Block past times the NYU Development Research Institute. This multi-media interactive uses vintage maps, historical photographs, videos in addition to audio to recount the many changes that Greene Street has undergone inwards its varied history.

You tin flaming persuasion many of the vintage maps featured inwards H5N1 Long History of a Short Block past times jumping right away to the 'Maps' department from the primary menu. However, if y'all piece of employment along through the chapters chronologically, y'all tin flaming persuasion the maps embedded inside the street's historical narrative. These embedded maps too include map markers, featuring historical data close Greene Street in addition to its wider neighborhood.