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European Library: Napoleonic Wars: 1799 1815 (French)
Digitized collection of primary source materials (texts, maps, and illustrations) tells the story of the wars Napoleon fought in the early nineteenth century to extend French power across Europe. Primarily in French.
Brown University
Brown University Library: Center for Digital Initiatives: Napoleonic Satires
A collection of over four hundred satirical prints (made in Britain and continental Europe) of Napoleon. Related historical essays on the prints themselves and on the cast of characters depicted in them round out the site. Also includes...
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Napoleonic Guide: Trafalgar
The page on this battle is part of a larger site that is dedicated to the Napoleonic Wars. Includes artwork, order of battle, newspaper reports, and more.
National Archives (UK)
Nelson, Trafalgar and Those Who Served
Details the life of Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic Wars.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Goya, and There's Nothing to Be Done (From the Disasters of War)
Francisco Goya created the aquatint series The Disasters of War from 1810 to 1820 using the techniques of etching and drypoint. The images remain shocking today, and even influenced the novel of famous American author Ernest Hemingway,...
British Library
British Library: World War I: Europe Before 1914
Learn about the origins and reasons behind the outbreak of World War I. Globalization and military advancement are considered the major contributing factors leading to Europe's first major war since the fall of Napoleon.
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The Napoleon Series: Napoleon in Egypt, or Egomaniac on the Loose
A scholarly article that examines Napoleon invasion and campaign in Egypt fro 1798 to 1799. The article gives details about the strategy Napoleon followed and why the campaign did fail.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Adventures of Gerard
Read these military tales by Conan Doyle provided for by the University of Virginia, detailing the exploits of a soldier in the Napoleonic wars.
Curated OER
Etc: Europe Illustrating the Wars of French Rev and Napoleon's Wars, 1715 1830
This is a map of Europe illustrating the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon's Wars, 1715 to 1830.
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Pigeon Post Into Paris 1870 1871
This site describes the pigeon post which was in operation during the Franco-Prussian War. It gives historical background, discusses communications, organization of the pigeon service, and dispatches.
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: The French Revolution and Germany
How was Germany involved in the French Revolution? Find out the details of what happened to Germany during the war.
Curated OER
Napoleonic Guide: Trafalgar
The page on this battle is part of a larger site that is dedicated to the Napoleonic Wars. Includes artwork, order of battle, newspaper reports, and more.
Curated OER
Etc: Europe During Napoleon's Campaigns, 1796 1815
A map of Europe at the time of Napoleon and his campaigns (1796-1815), showing the political boundaries at the time, and the routes of The First Italian Campaign with the battle sites of Lodi and Arcole, and the Treaty of Campo Formio...
Curated OER
Etc: Napoleonic Campaigns, 1796 1809
A map of western Germany between 1796 and 1809 showing the campaigns in the region by France under Napoleon Bonaparte. The map shows major cities, roads, rivers, and terrain features of the region, including the sites of the 1796...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Napoleon's Campaign, 1814
A map of France at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812-1814) between the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and the coalition forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, and several German States,...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Louisiana and Britain
One of Jefferson's acts doubled the area of the country. At the end of the Seven Years' War, France had ceded to Spain the territory west of the Mississippi River, with the port of New Orleans near its mouth -- a port indispensable for...
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Napoleonic Guide: The Battle of Bladensburg
This is a very brief account of the British victory at the Battle of Bladensburg.
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Hms Victory: Battle of Trafalgar
This resource presents an account of the famous naval battle of Trafalgar. This resource outlines the different tactics Nelson used to achieve victory.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Hardy
What do you know about the life and work of Thomas Hardy? Explore this informative site to learn more about this famous poet.
East of England Broadband Network
History's Heroes: Horatio Nelson (1758 1805)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Horatio Nelson, famous admiral of the Royal Navy. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements,...
Curated OER
Confederate 12 Pounder Napoleon's in Atlanta
Site has information on the different types of artillery that were used in the Civil War.
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St. Vincent College: Hms Victory
Examination of the HMS Victory, an eighteenth-century sailing ship.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Peter Simple
This ebook version of Frederick Marryat's "Peter Simple" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Curated OER
Etc: Sketch Map of Military Campaigns in France, 1792 1815
This map of France and neighboring Low Countries depicts various areas where military campaigns took place during the French Revolutionary Wars with the First Coalition (between 1792-1795) and the Napoleonic Wars with the Seventh and...