Panama country study Panama timeline BBC Panama: Places in the News Panama primary source set from the World Digital Library Panama images Panama films & webcasts Panama maps Panama songs Panamanian literary recordings Panama documents and books U.S. historical newspaper articles mentioning Panama through 1922 Service in Panama: U.S. veteran oral histories Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection…
Zoom into the center section of this map of the kingdom of France. Look carefully at the details shown in the map. Then read the text on the map. What can you tell about France from your analysis? Why do you think the creator chose to represent France as a ship? Now review the bibliographic…
Imagine you are from another planet and have been charged with reporting back to your commander on this country called Kenya on the continent of Africa. Zoom into this composite map and investigate the information presented. Create an outline of your findings. Compare the information in this composite map with one of the maps linked to below, noting similarities…
Kenya primary sources from the World Digital Library Kenya maps Kenya images Kenya postcard collection TR [Theodore Roosevelt] in Africa 1909 film U.S. historical newspaper articles mentioning Kenya Service in Kenya: U.S. veteran oral histories Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection interviews mentioning Kenya Reports & other texts about Kenya Event recordings related to Kenya U.S. legislation related…
Mauritania primary sources from the World Digital Library Mauritania maps Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection interviews mentioning Mauritania U.S. historical newspaper articles mentioning Mauritania U.S. legislation related to Mauritania Guide to Law Online: Mauritania Global Legal Monitor articles about Mauritania Mauritania country study history, culture, industry, and more Mauritania country profile BBC Mauritania timeline BBC Reaching the Millennium…
Greece primary source set World Digital Library Greece maps Greece image set Videos and webcasts related to Greece Greek related American life histories Greece mentions in the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection Veteran oral histories including service in Greece Greece sheet music Greek song recordings Historical newspaper coverage: Greece 1836-1922 Correspondence & reports related to Greece through 1899 Books related…
Today in History–July 14–TPS-Barat Primary Source Nexus features Bastille Day, which commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in Paris, France on July 14, 1789. This action marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Find out more about these events by investigating a variety of primary and secondary sources linked to…
Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothèque nationale de France online exhibition France primary source set World Digital Library France maps France image set French image set Films related to France France mentions in the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection French American life histories French/France song recordings France/French sheet music U.S. historical newspaper coverage: France U.S. historical newspapers published in French Correspondence & other texts related…
Spain country study Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier bilingual digital library site Spain primary source set World Digital Library Spain maps Spain image set Spanish image set Historical films Spain mentions in the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection American life histories mentioning Spain Spanish American song recordings Spanish sheet music Spanish American newspaper front pages 1905-06 Historical…
India country profile: . . . extensive urbanization and trade appear to have begun in the Indus River Valley around 3000 B.C. with the Harappan civilization. From this period until the termination of British colonial rule in 1947, numerous empires ruled various portions of South Asia, often assimilating a rich array of peoples and each adding…
Today in History–April 27–the Library of Congress features the World Transportation Commission (WTC). On this date in 1895, Harper’s Weekly carried a story on theWTC’s visit to Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka. The WTC was organized by a railroad publicist to find out more about international railroads and other foreign transportation systems. Find out more by visiting…
The Story of the Nations: Wales 1902 More books, articles and other texts about Wales Charles D. Cleveland to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 05, 1863 (Sends sermon from Wales) Wales image set Sheet music related to Wales U.S. veteran oral histories (service in Wales) Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection interviews mentioning Wales U.S. historical newspaper coverage of Wales through…