There are a number of social, emotional, and physiological reasons why teenagers start smoking, and why they continue smoking into adulthood. Help class members understand why smoking begins in youth—and how to protect themselves from...

A colorful travel brochure reveals why St. Augustine is considered the birthplace of African-American history. Images and maps bring the rich history of the city to life by displaying the many individuals, events, and sites that honor...

The site includes eighteen interconnected lakes in the hyper arid Ennedi region of the Sahara desert covering an area of 62,808 ha. It constitutes an exceptional natural landscape of great beauty with striking colours and shapes. The...

A map from 1906 of the Philippine Islands, showing the province boundaries at the time, the capital in Manila and other major cities, railways, terrain, rivers, and coastal features of the island group. The map includes an inset of the...

A map from 1899 of the Philippine Islands. The Philippines at the time of this map had recently been taken as a possession of the United States under the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War (December 10, 1898), and the...

A map from 1906 of the southwestern Philippine Islands of Palawan (Paragua) and the Jolo (Sulu) Archipelago. The map shows the boundaries of the Philippine territory established under the Treaty of Paris at the end of the...

William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 - July 27, 1863) was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most...