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National Library of Australia: South Seas: Captain Cook
South Seas is an online reference guide to Captain James Cook's momentous first Pacific voyage of discovery (1768-1771). As well as providing the full text of Cook's journal and other important contemporary accounts of the voyage, it...
NOAA
Noaa: Ngdc: Images, Visualizing Data
The National Geophysical Data Center has transformed extensive ocean research into colorful video, 3D maps, charts posters and more! This site starts off with a film clip of a dive into the Marianas trench and then lead you to other...
NOAA
Noaa: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: North Pacific Ocean
This site shows a map of the North Pacific Ocean and the surrounding seas. You can study the islands, or the ocean currents in detail.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Physical Features of Europe, 1901
A map from 1901 of Europe, showing the physical features of the region. This map is color-coded to show general elevations from sea level to over 6,500 feet, mountain systems, drainage divides, lakes, rivers, coastal features, and the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Landforms of Asia, 1904
An outline map from 1904 of Asia showing mountain systems, plateau, plains, major lakes, rivers, coastal features, and seas of the region. This map is used as a key map for locating landform features on a traditional relief map, where...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, 1914
A map from 1914 of the Philippine Islands. The map shows the major islands and surrounding seas, cities, towns, and ports, railroads, submarine telegraph cables to Hong Kong, Guam, San Francisco, and through the islands, province...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, 1912
A map from 1912 of the Philippine Islands, showing the major islands, cities, coastal features, and surrounding seas. The map shows the railways on Luzon at the time, including the route from Manila to Lingayen in the north, and from...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands and the China Sea, 1901
A map from 1901 of the Philippine Islands as a possession of the United States under the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War (December 10, 1898). The map shows the major islands, cities and ports, terrain, rivers,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ancient Italy, 753 Bc to Ad 663
A map of ancient Italy subtitled "Places noted in the History of its Literature." This map shows the districts of Cisalpine Gaul, Umbria, and Etruria, the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, major cities, rivers, seas, and mountain...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Russia, 1920
A map from 1920 of western Russia showing the political divisions within the country at the time. The map is color-coded to show the boundaries of European Russia, including the territories of Finland, the Baltic Provinces, Poland, White...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Kamchatka Peninsula, 1903
A map from 1903 of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. The map shows cities, towns and ports, terrain, rivers, coastal features, and surrounding seas of the peninsula.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, 1911
A map from 1911 of the Philippine Islands, showing the major islands, cities, coastal features, and surrounding seas. The map shows the railway from Manila to Dagupan on the Lingayen Gulf (Luzon).
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, Circa 1906
An outline map from 1906 of the Philippine Islands, showing the major island names and surrounding seas. The map shows the provinces of the main island of Luzon at the time and the railway from Manila to Dagupan on the Lingayen Gulf.
Curated OER
Etc: Reference Map of Greece, 1600 265 Bc
A reference map of ancient Greece showing the Greek political territories of Peloponnese, the southern Balkan Peninsula, islands of the Ionian and Aegean seas, and coastal Asia Minor. A numeric reference key shows the location of the...
Rice University
Rice University: Ocean Currents and Tides
This URL will start you out at the site map for Rice University's study of longitude and navigation. Scroll to the section titled "Oceans" and you will find some very good information on surface currents, especially those of the South...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
Tour the museum's famed exhibition hall dedicated to ocean life at this online recreation. Find videos, maps, species specimens, and images that let you experience many of the museum's resources on ocean life right from your desktop.
SMART Technologies
Smart: World Map
This lesson features a world map with labeled countries, a global map, and an interactive map of the seven continents.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
A&E Television
History.com: Why the Construction of the Panama Canal Was So Difficult and Deadly
A staggering 25,000 workers lost their lives. And artificial limb makers clamored for contracts with the canal builders. In a quest to fulfill a centuries-old dream to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the builders of the Panama...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Changing Planet: Sea Levels Rising
Students review topographic maps and use that knowledge to explore the impact sea level rise will have on coastal communities.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Global Climate Change: Research Explorer
Explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, oceans, areas covered by ice, and living organisms in all these domains. Interpret past and present climate data to predict future climate change and its possible effects.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet: Staying on Top
This is the story of the infamous Nike shoes that washed off a cargo ship. The shoes later showed up along beaches, giving oceanographers another clue as to how ocean currents move.
Other
Noaa: Large Marine Ecosystems of the World
A detailed look at large marine ecosystems throughout the world. See animated maps showing the growth of chlorophyll in oceans, seas, and river systems.