There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

Odd cartographic creations like ‘Fool’s Cap Map of the World,’ ‘Leo Belgicus,’ and ‘The Porcineograph’ make the classic ...

“And that is just as relevant today as it was in the 19th century.” Research assistant Will Rooney, a fourth-year history major and graduating senior from Fairfield, Conn., created a digital story map ...

Gearhart explained how he developed a 17th-century map of Northumberland County, based on original land patents from 1636 to about 1680. He addressed some of the challenges and discoveries of his ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...

Reading Michael Stutchbury’s article on Donald Trump (“‘Liberation day’ risks going back the ’90s. The 1890s”) makes it far easier to understand the US president’s obsession with the ...

which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early as the 19th century, according to the Library of Virginia. In a social post from the Library of Virginia on Sunday, April 6 ...

Todmorden Community Energy joined forces with Todmorden Golf Club to raise funding for a Solar PV and battery storage system on the roof of its 19th Century clubhouse. Did you know with an ad-lite ...

It’s particularly useful in an area such as the Gaspé Peninsula where gauges and weather stations only started collecting reliable data in the mid-20th century, the researchers say. The ...

Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in recent decades, Concordia University researchers suggest in a study that ...

Our street was hectic and noisy for two months last summer as a storm drainage system was brought up to snuff. Hearing an at times steady vroom-vroom and ding-ding-ding, I wondered about the ...