This site provides an in-depth historical detail on the rise of Portuguese trade and exploration. Special attention is given to the history of the Portuguese monarchy and the conditions that led to the nation's rise in power. Further...

This site is added for teachers looking to base their classroom lessons on something that another teacher has taught successfully in the past. It may spark some new ideas or help shape a lesson based on the Ontario Curriculum. The lesson...

Presents a biography of Jack Humphrey, a Canadian artist from Saint John, New Brunswick. Click on each painting to see an expanded view and more information about it.

Museum website on explorers of the world. Students and teachers can link to information on any of the explorers to find out about their adventure and how they may have changed the world.

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How close a region is to the ocean affects its climate.

A biography of explorer, Bartolomeu Dias, of Portugal. Dias is known for paving the way to Asia from Europe on the high seas in the fifteenth century.

A look at the geography of Montenegro from the Montenegrin Association of America. Includes a topographical map and pictures of the areas covered.

This website shows through paintings, the daily life, visit of the chapels and religious life in the Southern Alps (South of France).

The field of archaeology has been specializations that investigate the past through many different lenses, e.g., environmental relationships, landscape study, and aerial investigation. This resource describes many of these specialties.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How close a region is to the ocean affects its climate.

A PowerPoint presentation created by a history teacher that teachers can use in their classroom. This presentation focuses on the Dutch Golden Age. This presentation focuses on the six major types of painting (historical, landscapes and...

The Pribilof Island Shrew lives in maritime tundra on St. Paul Island, and almost nothing is known about its biology. Learn more about the Sorex pribilofensis, more commonly known as a Pribilof Island Shrew, in this easy-to-read species...

A brief description of the physical environment of Fiji. Find out about the climate, terrain, and precipitation of this nation of islands. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.

This 204' wooden schooner was one of 200 ships plying the lumber trade along the Pacific coast. Now managed by the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, she has been moved to Richmond, California for possible renovation. She is...

Schooner built in 1895; now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park; worked in lumber trade to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. Official plaque located in the San Francisco Maritime...

Flat-bottomed scow schooner that was built in 1891 and used in San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Now part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Official plaque located in the San Francisco...

This 1907 steam tug is now a museum ship at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Official plaque located in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor Center, located at the corner of Hyde and Jefferson...

Side-wheel paddle steamboat; built in 1890 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company; preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Official plaque located in the San Francisco Maritime National...

The only remaining square rigged ship in the San Francisco Bay area, it was built in 1886 and served on several different trade routes. It is now part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Official plaque located in the...

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories...

A map from 1911 of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, and the Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. The map also shows coastal Quebec from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, Gaspe, and...

A map from 1902 of the Dominion of Canada, showing provinces, province capitals and major cities, railroads, canals, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Symbols on the map indicate the head of navigable rivers (anchor...

A map from 1911 of the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, showing the provincial capitals of Fredericton (New Brunswick), Halifax (Nova Scotia), and Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island),...