Abstract
Historic maps can be used to document all kinds of history: political, military, economic, business, scientific, religious, cultural, genealogy, diplomatic etc. Databases such as ProQuest Congressional and Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) offer many ways to help users study the past through maps.
Keywords
U.S. Congressional serial set, nineteenth century collections online, historic maps, historic cartography, military maps, exploration maps, urban maps, geography
Date of this Version
2-4-2015
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African History Commons, American Studies Commons, Asian History Commons, Australian Studies Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, European History Commons, Geographic Information Sciences Commons, Physical and Environmental Geography Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
This presentation was given to history students in the Parrish Learn Lab, Parrish Library, Purdue University, and is part of a series of workshops being done on georeferencing historical maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).