Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network
The purpose of the Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network is to gather geographic materials useful for the study of historic Philadelphia and its region. This site contains thousands of old maps, property atlases, city directories, industrial site surveys, and other items documenting the history and development of the city from the 1600s ...
American History Encyclopedia
American History Central (AHC) is the most widely-read independent encyclopedia dedicated to the history of the United States. Our ongoing mission is to provide teachers, students, and anyone interested in American History with entries, articles, primary documents, videos, and images that provide a solid understanding of the growth and ...
OpenHistoricalMap
OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain.
National Geographic US History American Stories Part 1 - Cengage
National Geographic US History American Stories Part 1 covers significant events and figures in American history, providing comprehensive resources for students.
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
Here you will find one of the greatest historical atlases: Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright's Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, first published in 1932. This digital edition reproduces all of the atlas's nearly 700 maps.
Geohistory, American founding fathers | SpringerLink
The earliest American geological research was not surprisingly undertaken in large measure by Europeans. Prior to the American Revolution, several European travelers and explorers included observations on U.S. geological curiosities in their accounts (e.g., Wells, 1963 ), and in 1787 the first major study of U.S. earth science was published in ...
Historical geography - Wikipedia
In the United States, the term historical geography is the name given by Carl Ortwin Sauer of the University of California, Berkeley to his program of reorganizing cultural geography (some say all geography) along regional lines, beginning in the first decades of the 20th century.
National Geographic History magazine
History comes alive with every issue. In-depth storytelling of the events that changed the world, and the transformational figures who were there. By 1922, British archeologist Howard Carter had...
PhilaGeoHistory Maps Viewer
Comprehensive maps of Philadelphia land use, produced by the WPA. Map showing appraisals of property risk and neighborhood ethnography. Mosaic, full city of Phila. Center City and North Phila. Map of the newly consolidated City of Philadelphia. Map of Oxford Township, Frankford and Bridesburg Boroughs, part of Cheltenham.
GeoHistory Resources - Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network
Map showing location of lots as given to original purchasers or their grantees - purchasers of W. Penn in England before coming over. Map of improved part of Pensilvania [Pennsylvania] in America, divided into counties, townships and lotts. A portraiture of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania.