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A site for lovers of all tall ships.

A forum of naval history designed to stimulate naval historical research and to foster communication among naval historians. Current and archived issues, editorial board listings, letters, and submission guidelines.

International non-profit organization for maritime and naval history. Publishes Marine News and organizes local branches.

A not-for-profit foundation dedicated to maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts.

Historical review of the Muslim contribution to humanity and Islamic Civilization. Gives biographies of scientists and describes their contributions and influence on European thought and discoveries.

Primary sourcebook intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history.

Flash animated time lines of war and its history.

Offers an essay giving an overview of world history. Created by history teacher Jeff Coons.

Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Britannic, Andrea Doria.

Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay.

Presents a biography, chronology, image gallery, and map gallery.

Offers history of Australia's activities in rocket and missile testing at the Woomera Range. Includes personal memories of many ex-residents.

A book-length history of the period between Sputnik I and the creation of NASA, by the NASA History Office.

Pirate history and nautical archeology - includes biographies of famous pirates, terminology, weapons and a variety of related historical information. [Warning: full-screen browser resize]

A site dedicated to the preservation of the ship HMS Cavalier.

Compares ship sizes beginning with the Titanic to other ocean liners, some warships, and the giant tankers up to the largest ships afloat today.

Great Lakes maritime history, with an emphasis in shipwrecks. Includes a database of over 4,400 Great Lakes shipwrecks.

Technology guide looking at the past, present and future of technology and gadgets.

Describes the development of calculating machines beginning with an adaptation of the Chinese abacus called the soroban. Page includes background of developers and photos of early prototypes.

The history of the invention of the world's first automatic totalizator in 1913 and its subsequent development. Mechanical computing on a commercial scale.

International society devoted to the history of earth sciences. Site has information about the organization and its journal, Earth Sciences History.

Searchable by date or keyword.

Features announcements, inquiries and discussion on access to historical sources and their use and interpretation.

An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke.

Online exhibit at Cornell University which explores the question: "What was home economics?"

Humorous articles about cinema, people, trends and fads that shape our modern world.

Online community celebrating pop-culture phenomena. Topics are organized by decade and include TV, lunch boxes, and toys.

Multi-media tours of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Includes views of music, lifestyles, fashion, and fads of the three decades.

Provides resources for the critical analysis of popular culture in the US.

Article from Wikipedia discussing the 20th century tank strategist's life and theories.

First-hand excerpts regarding Cabot's voyages, from the Modern History Sourcebook.

Biography of the explorer with details of his Southern Ocean voyages.

Captain Cook Memorial Museum located in John Walkers's House, Whitby, where James Cook served his seaman's apprentiship, important collection of original pictures, manuscripts and artefacts from Cook's life and voyages.

Biography from the PBS series site "The West."

Detailed introduction to the Dutch ship Henry Hudson commanded in 1609.

Biography from the Handbook of Texas Online.

A few historical FAQs, with an expedition map.

The National Archives and Records Administration's exhibit of original documents from the expedition.

Biographical article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Concise biographical article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Charity named after one of Shackleton's vessels. Illustrated expedition summary, with information, news, and publications.

A Soviet space expert discusses how recently declassified material confirms his painstaking discoveries over decades about why the Soviet Union was unable to win the space race.

Biography of the first woman in space.

A selective chronology of historically important manned space missions from 1961 to 1995. Some flights not covered.

Photographs of mission patches and astronauts.

Presents a brief multimedia history of John Glenn's Mercury flight, the first American mission into Earth orbit. Discusses the training and technology of the Mercury Program and the events of Glenn's space flight.

A biography of Edward Teach, one image.

Links to information about several German ships launched prior to the First World War.

Information from the official Nobel Prize site.

Created a semi-automatic key to help prevent telegrapher paralysis, created by the daily abuse of manipulating a manual Morse telegraph key. Includes biography and the spread of this invention across the United States.