Historical Geography

CARS = Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support

CRAAP = Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose

Questions to ask, and where to find the answers when evaluating sources

Quick series of steps to take when evaluating the credibility of websites and their claims.

From UNESCO. Links to world historical sites. The Agave landscape in Mexico, Ayres Rock in Australia, rice terraces in the Phillipines and more.

An association committed to furthering the understanding and knowledge of maps by encouraging research in the field of cartography, both historical and current.

Dedicated to imparting a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada — its people and places, its natural and cultural heritage and its environmental, social and economic challenges — the RCGS is one of Canada’s largest non-profit educational organizations

A European Union movement to protect European landscapes

From the University of Illinois Library this site includes hundreds of digitized maps, which may be examined in minute detail with an effective zoom feature. Primarily mid-west American content.

From the Library of Congress. Downloadable images of maps of military campaigns, cities and towns, national parks. U.S. focus.

UFV Library. Has links to resources in Canadian and British Columbia History

Data for maps from the Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project (HACOLP), preserved here largely for preservation purposes. HACOLP was a series of interactive online maps based on maps in the published Historical Atlas of Canada series. Data deposited by Byron Modolfsky, cartographer for the Historical Atlas of Canada, summer 2019. [From Website}

"Is a searchable database of the property owners' names which appear on the township maps in the county atlases. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database."

A forum by historians, geographers, and other researchers about nature, humans, Canada and its history.