Wikipedia offers a quick overview of the famous New York harbor, a good example of an ice-free, natural harbor.

A map from 1916 of Buffalo New York and vicinity, showing Lake Erie, Niagara River and falls, railroads, the harbor with steamer routes to all lake ports, and the Erie Canal.

The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...

A map from 1919 of the Jamaican capital city Kingston and nearby Port Royal, showing the harbor, forts Augusta, Charles, Henderson, and Passage, railway to Spanish Town, major roads, Hope River, Sandy River, and River Cobre, and coastal...

A map of Cherbourg, a French port, around 1919, showing the forts and military installations at the time. This map also shows villages in the area, roads, rivers, coastal features, and terrain.

A map from 1903 of Cuba, Isle of Pines and Jamaica, showing the provinces at the time, province capitals, major cities, towns and ports, railroads, mountains, rivers, coastal features, and smaller neighboring islands. An inset map...

Find the response by the British Parliament to the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor. So many laws were enacted that the colonists lumped them together and called them the Intolerable Acts.

Tanis' ancient Egyptian name is Djane, its Coptic name is San, the Zoan of the Old Testament. It became the capital of the Tanite kings of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Dynasties. From that time, its strategic position and harbor on...

This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

A map from 1920 of the Hawaiian Islands showing the main islands, the capital of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, district boundaries, cities, towns, ports, railroads, principal steamship lines, submarine cable routes, terrain, and...

A map from 1914 of the Hawaiian Islands showing the main islands, the capital of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, district boundaries, cities, towns, ports, railroads, principal steamship lines, submarine cable routes, terrain, and...

Map of Ireland in 1905, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways, rivers, and coastal features. This map shows the provinces of Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, and Munster, and the Irish Sea, North Channel, St. George's Channel,...

Map of Ireland in 1906, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways, rivers, and coastal features. This map shows the political divisions of Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, and Munster, and the Irish Sea, North Channel, St. George's...

A plan of Portsmouth from 1903. The map shows the docks around Portsmouth Harbor, roads, railways and railway stations, parks, and various buildings and other important places. Portsmouth, England was built on its strength as a seaport...

A map from 1906 of the Greater Antilles and Bahama Island group of the West Indies. The map shows capitals, major cities, and ports, terrain and coastal features, submerged banks or reefs, and smaller islands. The water depths are...