Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Textiles of the North American Southwest
This site explores the weaving traditions of the Native American and Hispanic peoples of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. A gallery of artifacts, timeline, map glossary, and textual descriptions are included. This is a...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Revolution and Its Era: Maps & Charts
A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: North American Mammals
This concise site contains photos of North American mammals along with a map showing where they currently can be found. Includes links to other mammal sites.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: World Atlas: The World
Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.
University of Texas at Austin
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Americas Historical Maps
This collection from the University of Texas Library Online of historical maps contains a wide variety of maps from various parts of the continent and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief description and is...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Map of First Nations Peoples Pre Contact Culture Areas
A color coded map of North America which contains the regions inhabited by different aboriginal nations.
Other
Military Analysis Network: Map of Nato Member Nations
Great map of Europe with color coated countries denoting when they joined NATO.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Colonies, 1643
A map of the North American Colonies in 1643 at the establishment of the New England Confederation. The map is color-coded to show the territorial claims of the British, French, Dutch, and Swedish at the time, and shows the British...
Other
American Journeys: Map of the Spanish Entrada Into North America [Pdf]
Map showing the routes taken by fourteen Spanish explorers in the Americas between 1509 and 1543.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Vietnam From 1945 to Postwar
In 1954, a peace conference in Geneva temporarily divided Vietnam in two: a pro-communist North and an anti-communist South. The political factions in North and South Vietnam -- supported by their communist and capitalist allies in the...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: A Map of North and South Carolina and Georgia(1765)
An English map from 1765 entitled "A New Map of North and South Carolina and Georgia."
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Colonies, 1783
A map of eastern North America in 1783 at the end of the American Revolutionary War, showing the territory of the newly formed United States as proposed by the Treaty of Paris, the Canadian border extending to the Ohio River proposed by...
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Etc: Maps Etc: North American Vegetation Regions, 1901
A map from 1901 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general vegetation regions. The map shows areas of deserts, tundras, and ice fields, areas of grassy lands, areas of open forests,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: North American Population Density, 1910
A map from 1910 of North America, Central America, Greenland and the Caribbean showing population density distribution in the region at the time. The map is coded to show areas of population densities ranging from less than 1 inhabitant...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Region, 1578
George Beste's depiction of North America and the region around Frobisher's Strait.
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Culture Areas and the Locations of Tribes With Illustrated Clothing
A great map of the Native American culture areas with corresponding drawings of the cultures' individual clothing styles.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Distribution of Native Americans, 1500
A map from 1906 of North America central Canada to northern Mexico showing the distribution and territories of the Native Americans around 1500. The boundaries are based on linguistic stock and not tribal territories. "Anthropologists of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1782
A map of eastern North America at the end of the American Revolution, after numerous peace talks were held in Paris between the United States and Britain. This map shows the proposed new boundaries of the United States, English...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The United States and Neighbors, 1898
A map from 1898 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico, subtitled "The United States and its Neighbors in North America." The map is color-coded to show the possessions of Greenland (to Denmark),...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical Map of South America, 1898
A map from 1898 of South America showing the general physical features including mountain systems, prominent peaks and volcanoes, river and lake systems, plateaus, and coastal features. The map includes an insert of the Isthmus of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1906
A map from 1906 of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies showing the political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, mountain systems, coastal features, and islands of the region. An inset map shows the entire North...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1904
North American commercial activities including: major agricultural crops (barley, corn, wheat, coffee, tobacco, et cetera) and secondary agricultural crops (oranges, lumber, wine); primary mining extraction (coal, gold, silver,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Dominion of Canada, 1906
A map from 1906 of the Dominion of Canada showing the boundaries of the provinces and territories, provincial capitals and major cities, lakes, rivers, coastal features, and islands of the region. An inset map shows the entire North...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1906
A map from 1906 of the continental or 'lower forty-eight’ United States showing state boundaries and state capitals, major cities and towns, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Inset maps show the entire North American...