Image above: The discovery of America map 1498. From the Old Maps Online site.
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Where am I?? Adelaide, Australia: S: 34º 55' E: 138º 36'
In this fascinating set of images, Dutch artist and historian Jo Teeuwisse merges her passions literally by superimposing World War II photographs on to modern pictures of the where the photos were originally taken. An interesting blending of place and change over time. This serves as a reminder that places are rich with history; to understand the geography of a place, one must also know it's history (and vice versa).
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Where am I?? Adelaide, Australia: S: 34º 55' E: 138º 36'
Recently I have come across the term
'histgeog' to describe the connection between history and geography in the school curriculum. In particular, the word highlights the interdependent connection between history and
geography. It is true to say that one cannot understand the history of a place without
an understanding of geography of that place and vice versa. Whilst this
connection has been explored previously on Spatialworlds, this posting will
just list several useful sites to make the connection between history and geography.
As we talk about a connected curriculum during the implementation of the Australian
Curriculum and the issues of a crowded curriculum, the technological connection
‘touchstone’ between the two disciplines becomes of great interest and
importance.
These are but a few of the ever growing sites relevant to histgeog - in the old days we would call it historical geography!
In this fascinating set of images, Dutch artist and historian Jo Teeuwisse merges her passions literally by superimposing World War II photographs on to modern pictures of the where the photos were originally taken. An interesting blending of place and change over time. This serves as a reminder that places are rich with history; to understand the geography of a place, one must also know it's history (and vice versa).
* British have invaded nine out of ten countries
This map shows that Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history, new research has found.
This map shows that Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history, new research has found.
New nations seem to pop up with alarming
regularity. At the start of the 20th century, there were only a few dozen
independent sovereign states on the planet; today, there are nearly 200! Once a
nation is established, they tend to stick around for awhile, so a nation
disappearing is quite uncommon. It’s only occurred a handful of times
in the last century.
But when they do, they completely vanish off the face of the globe: government,
flag, and all. Here then, in no particular order, are the top ten countries
that had their moment in the sun but are, alas, no more.
This is a video introduction to www.historypin.com which might just prove
to be a very useful and important project. It's historical geography
powered by collaborative mapping that is infused with social media
dynamics. Backed by Google, they are geo-tagging old photos to recreate
the historical geographies of all places and comparing them with current street
view images. You can search by topic, place or date...this has the
potential to be very big.
Geospatial technologies allow people to view phenomenon
never before seen in remote places. How does this type of exploration
promote spatial thinking? Why does scale matter in this analysis?
Google Earth's Timeline, if you haven't discovered that
feature will allow you to compare and contrast imagery from an area from the
present 2010/11 to 1993-1995 images. Click the 'clock' button and a
timeline that you can slide to the past appears. Nice historical
possibilities with this option. Also watch this Vimeo on using Historypin.
How have
women's political rights changed around the globe over time.This interactive
map shows the long history of the fight for suffrage and political
representation around the globe. Click and drag on the year slider to see the
changing face of women's political representation over the years.
A great site to explore the use of GIS in the study of history.
The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It
allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across
numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by
typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by
date. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the
website of the host institution.
The Spatial History Project at Stanford University is a place for a
collaborative community of scholars to engage in creative visual
analysis to further research in the field of history.
This database of global wars and conflicts is searchable through space
and time. You can drag and click both the map and timeline to locate
particular battles and wars, and then read more information about that
conflict. This resource would be a great one to show students and let
them explore to find what they see as interesting.
See Rome as it looked in 320 AD and fly down to see famous buildings and
monuments in 3D. Select the 'Ancient Rome 3D' layer under Gallery in
Google Earth.
An Interactive Graphic Showing The Evolution of Western Dance Music Over The Last 100 Years in Under 20 seconds...
A fantastic interactive map with population charts that show the massive explosion in urbanization since 1950 until the present.
How much do you agree with the
author's assertion that geography explains the foreign affairs of the
U.S.? Is there any environmental determinism in this argument?
* Rates of travel in the past
In this age of fast travel and instant digital communications, we tend to forget that not so long ago, distances were subjectively very different.
* Neatline
Neatline allows scholars, students, and curators to tell stories with maps and timelines. As a suite of add-on tools for Omeka, it opens new possibilities for hand-crafted, interactive spatial and temporal interpretation.
More hisgeog sites will pop up on my Histgeog Scoop.it as the months go by.
* Rates of travel in the past
In this age of fast travel and instant digital communications, we tend to forget that not so long ago, distances were subjectively very different.
* Neatline
Neatline allows scholars, students, and curators to tell stories with maps and timelines. As a suite of add-on tools for Omeka, it opens new possibilities for hand-crafted, interactive spatial and temporal interpretation.
More hisgeog sites will pop up on my Histgeog Scoop.it as the months go by.
