Aquarium of the Americas (New Orleans)

This site has thousand of photos, drawings and prints dealing with slavery, most of them dating from the period of Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas.

Here you will find a map showing the many islands that make up the Bahamas. Click on the map to enlarge it. The several islands are named and the major cities are identified. From the Perry-Castaneda collection.

A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...

Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800-1400), when it covered nearly 1,600 ha and included some...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

Labeled map of the major geographical features of North America.

This site discusses Charles Lindbergh's involvement in the America First Committee. Vast collection of video and audio clips related to the isolationist group and WWII.

Imagine a civilization in the Americas that predated the ancient Egyptians! That's what archeologist Jonathan Haas found on the coast of Peru. Read here about this remarkable discovery.

Imagine a civilization in the Americas that predated the ancient Egyptians! That's what archeologist Jonathan Haas found on the coast of Peru. Read here about this remarkable discovery.

BBC News offers a short summary of the slave trade from Africa to the Americas. Gives statistics on the number of slaves (estimated at 10 to 28 million), where they went, and the cruel conditions of their enslavement.

North America including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Caribbean islands, Central America and a portion of South America, showing physical features.

A zoogeographic map of North America and Central America from 1906 showing life zones of the region based on climate conditions.

A map from 1909 of North America and Central America, showing national borders at the time, major cities, railroads, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1897 of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean showing national boundaries, major cities, terrain and coastal features, including mountain systems, basins, plains, lakes, and rivers.

A map from 1920 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and Caribbean showing national, state, and province boundaries, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, rivers, and coastal...

A map from 1920 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and Caribbean showing national, state, and province boundaries, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, rivers, and coastal...

The countries of Central America, showing country borders, steamship routes, and telegraph lines.