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Ken Taylor and the Canadian Caper
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The engineering marvel built to defend against Americans - The grisly history of the Rideau Canal
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Looking for a visualization of North American political boundaries over time
Lately I've been taking an interest in American westward expansion and trying to get a better understanding of how the lines were drawn on maps in the past. Can anyone recommend a good video or...
Lately I've been taking an interest in American westward expansion and trying to get a better understanding of how the lines were drawn on maps in the past. Can anyone recommend a good video or interactive visualization that I can scroll back and forward through time to see the changes in detail?
Things I'm particularly interested in tracking:
- Indigenous lands (specifically how the boundaries of traditional/ancestral lands evolved into modern-day reservations)
- European claims like those of Britain, France, and Spain
- What was considered US/Canada/Mexico territory vs. no man's land or frontier at different points in time, from the governance standpoint of each of those nations
- Large and rapid settling movements like the Mormons into Utah, Oklahoma land rush, California gold rush, etc.
- Other factors like homesteading programs (I don't know much about this) and the transcontinental railroad, confederacy borders, trail of tears, etc.
- Notable battles/massacres marking bloody land disputes
I mean I guess that's a lot, this is basically "tell me about all of American history." 😂
I feel like I have a pretty decent grasp of the general political timeline and important events, I'm just realizing lately that I don't have a cohesive mental model of how it all fits on a map and changed over the years. I did find the Wikipedia page on Territorial Evolution of the United States to be interesting but it's a bit overwhelming and not very digestible. It contains this animated gif, which is awesome but I can't scroll through it at my own pace, and it's USA only.
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Explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship found off Labrador's south coast, says expedition
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Pigeons in the Arctic: Part III: Sir John Ross’s 1850-51 search for the lost Franklin Bay expedition
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
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SS Baychimo: The unsinkable Arctic ghost ship
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'Hallowed space': Canadian divers pull 275 artifacts from 2022 excavation of Franklin ship
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Visiting Canada’s $50 million 1980s ghost town
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Greenland offers a roadmap for how to get Inuktut taught in Nunavut's schools
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Little-known Black history comes to light in new documentary series
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The ingenious ancient technology concealed in the shallows
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Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
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For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage
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What if the war of 1812 had a victor?
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A Capital Plan - National Film Board documentary from 1949 on Ottawa, Canada
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Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution?
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Why Nova Scotia sends Boston a tree every year
@Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸: This tree from Nova Scotia is now in Boston Common.The Nova Scotians send one every year.Why? pic.twitter.com/T0iCbPoEh5
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Canadian scuba diver in Mexico accidentally discovers vast, prehistoric industrial complex
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Nikkei secrets unearthed on the Seymour: Digging up a forgotten Japanese outpost
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Canadian Geographic's indigenous people's atlas - History of residential schools
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Canada's slavery secret: The whitewashing of 200 years of enslavement
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Slavery's long shadow: The impact of 200 years enslavement in Canada
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