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Albert Schatz Collection

Not only do these sources span a range of time periods, but they also span a geographical area.
A map of the Roman world with cities labeled.
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ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World

This is a useful tool for educators to model how the Roman empire operated, as well as what those operations may have looked like in practice.
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Map of the Outskirts of Mexico City

This oil-on-canvas painting depicts part of Mexico City from above. Specific author or date information does not appear on the work, but it originates sometime in the seventeenth century. It is 119 centimeters wide. Analyzing its contents reveals some aspects of daily life during this period.

Map showing Europe, Asia, and Africa with pins in various locations.
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The People’s Map of Global China

This website maps the international activities of Chinese businesses or government affairs, to create an idea of “Global China.”
Map of North America showing areas of indigenous land by group
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Native Land

It is a good place to start learning about knowledge generation and how indigenous groups and settlers can come together to document their histories.
Color map of a portion of Greece, which some locations marked by red and green squares
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Travels Through Greco-Roman Antiquity

This website is an excellent primer into ancient Greek and Roman places and events, with references to other sources and maps that may aid in reconstructions of the area.
Image of a trefoil tracery in the cathedral ceiling at Sainte-Chapelle
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Paris Past and Present

This site works as a supplement to classroom discussions about urban architecture in medieval France, or even for [those] who want to see visual reconstructions of the historical buildings.
Image of a colored choropleth map
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Lynching in the United States: 1883-1941

...this source expands the subject of lynching's to include other minority groups in the US beyond black Americans, as well as white Americans.
Text image of Islam on the ebb. Transcription below.
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Islam on the Ebb

This article is one of many newspaper articles coming out of Britain in the late nineteenth century. It reports that families in Beirut were becoming wealthy.

Old color map of north and south America, with a distorted view of North America.
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The World: Map of N. & S. America

Matthaeus Seutter was an acclaimed German mapmaker in the early eighteenth century. He published maps that introduced the geography of the Americas to many people who would never set foot on the continents themselves.