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	1841: A Census of Prince Edward Island
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «This site provides valuable information about the people of Prince Edward Island for those interested in genealogy, history, and the geography of the colony of Prince Edward Island in the mid-19th century.» Canadá

	1880's Newfoundland - A Pictorial
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «This album of photographs appears to be the work of Simeon H. Parsons (1844-1908), one of Newfoundland's earliest professional, self-taught and award-winning photographers. The photographs are very much in the style for which Parsons was noted and cover a wide geographic area, including the Burin Peninsula and coastal Labrador, in addition to more easily accessible areas such as St.John's and eastern Newfoundland communities.» Canadá

	Alberta Airphoto Collection
		The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project. University of Calgary. Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «The Alberta Airphoto collection consists of 30,000 copyright cleared airphotos of primarily urban areas in Alberta, flown at different times since 1924. These airphotos provide information on changes in the geography and landscape of the areas included and can be traced on flight line maps for comparison purposes over time.» Canadá

	All About Maps!
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Explore in all directions, North, East, South, and West to learn about the art and science of cartography - the maps, the mapmakers, and the map-users of history, today, and the future.» Canadá

	American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915
		American Museum of Natural History. «A decade after Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness first depicted the mysteries and agonies of the area, Herbert Lang and James Chapin set sail for the northeastern Belgian Congo. They knew they were launching an extraordinary adventure, but they could not have imagined what those years would hold. By the time they sailed home five and a half years later, they had collected tons of precious zoological and anthropological specimens representing one of the most comprehensive collections of the day.» Multimedia Introduction EEUU - inglés

	American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920
		Library of Congress. «American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 comprises 253 published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels in the colonies and the United States and their observations and opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about 1750 to 1920. Also included is the thirty-two-volume set of manuscript sources entitled Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, published between 1904 and 1907 after diligent compilation by the distinguished historian and secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society Reuben Gold Thwaites.» EEUU - inglés

	Antarctic History
		«It has been only 100 years since humans first occupied the continent of Antarctica (1899), and a mere 180 years since seafarers first saw the islands of the Antarctic Peninsula (1819). Yet even before they laid eyes on it, most early explorers were convinced a large, southern continent existed. They called it Terra Australis Incognita--the Unknown Southern Land.» EEUU - inglés Internacional

	Antarctica
		Exploratorium. The museum of science, art and human perception. «There’s no agreement on who first laid eyes on Antarctica, but the so-called "heroic era" of Antarctic exploration began in the early 1900s, when Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton led several high-profile expeditions into the heart of the continent. Discoveries made on these journeys helped establish Antarctica as scientific territory, and paved the way for the thousands of scientists, journalists, artists, and even tourists who have followed.» EEUU - inglés

	Aquamuseu do Rio Minho
		«O Aquamuseu do Rio Minho é um projecto da Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Cerveira, promovido pela Associação da Estação Hidrobiológica do Rio Minho (AEHRM) em colaboração com o Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (ICBAS).» Portugal

	Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896
		Library of Congress. «The World's Transportation Commission Photograph Collection contains nearly nine hundred images by American photographer William Henry Jackson. In addition to railroads, elephants, camels, horses, sleds and sleighs, sedan chairs, rickshaws, and other types of transportation, Jackson photographed city views, street and harbor scenes, landscapes, local inhabitants, and Commission members as they travelled through North Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania.» Internacional

	Avalanche!
		PBS NOVA Online. «Avalanches are a significant mountain hazard -- responsible for more deaths each year in the United States than earthquakes. Once in motion, snow slides are a powerful force of nature, capable of snapping off mature trees like match sticks, and easily destroying buildings. And when an avalanche finally stops, the snow sets up like concrete, making rescue efforts extremely difficult, and chances for survival slim.» EEUU - inglés

	Baikal Museum Complex
		«The Baikal Museum Complex houses a vast collection of exhibits, illustrations, and scientific information concerning Lake Baikal (the largest fresh water lake in the world) and the surrounding region made and collected by Baikal experts. Some items of interest are the fantastic animals that live only in the waters of the "sacred sea" (the local name of Baikal), the interesting world of insects, numerous examples of fauna, and the history of Lake Baikal. The Museum also has a unique collection of pictures by B. Lebedinsky, an Irkutsk artist.» Rusia

	Balloon Race Around the World
		PBS NOVA Online. «To fly non-stop around the world in a balloon was one of aviation's last great challenges - a challenge that was finally met on March 20, 1999 by Bertran Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain. On this site, you can delve into the history of science and ballooning, follow the attempts of earlier balloonists to make the round-the-world flight, and more.» EEUU - inglés

	CANOE - Computer Archiving of Northern Oration and Exhibitions
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «...focuses on traditional waterway usage around Fort Smith, Fort Fitzgerald and Salt River Settlement. Before the highway was created these communities were pivotal as waypoints in navigating the only serious water obstacle in the 2,000 mile stretch between Waterways, Alberta and the Arctic Coast.» Canadá

	Canada's Polar Environments
		University of Guelph. «This web site is just one element in our integrated package of educational materials examining Canada's Arctic environments and the organisms that occur in them. OUR MOTIVATION: Although the Arctic comprises more than a third of our nation, most Canadians have only a superficial knowledge of our polar regions. We decided that an innovative educational effort was needed to direct Canadian perspectives northward.» Canadá

	Canadian Arctic Profiles
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «This web site provides information on a variety of topics relating to the Canadian Arctic. The site is dynamic and the range of topics and the depth of treatment will be augmented over time under the auspices of the Digital Collection Program of Industry Canada.» Canadá

	Canadian Artic
		Jerry Riley, Toronto. «The Arctic offered that spiritual peace that is present in all landscapes. It is a place of light, pastels, and colours made sharp by the cold. The terrain is a never ending emptiness at the edge of the habitable world, but beckons to be explored and interpreted. It is special.» Canadá

	Canadian Heritage Rivers System
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «You are about to begin an interesting voyage that will take you on a trip to view the many picturesque heritage rivers that meander throughout the Canadian landscape. Our voyage will include maps and photographs of the rivers and surrounding territories, as well as geographical and historical information. Interesting facts, valuable tourist information, and the reasons these rivers received a heritage designation are at your fingertips.» Canadá

	Canso Causeway "Road to the Isles"
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Prior to the completion of the Canso Causeway in 1955, Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia were completely separated by a narrow body of water called the Strait of Canso. Cape Breton was dependant on a system of railway and highway ferries for shipping and communication. The mile long eighty foot wide man-made causeway is known as the deepest in the world and has taken care of the traffic and communication problems along with having a tremendous impact on the economy of the strait region.» Canadá

	Cape Breton: a Virtual Tour of Three Communities
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. Canadá

	Caribbean Views
		The British Library. Collect Britain. «Images, maps and texts from the 18th and early 19th centuries reveal contrasting experiences of life on and around plantations in the former British colonies.» Caribe

	Centro de Interpretación del Río Vero
		«El río Vero es uno de los ejes principales que ha vertebrado históricamente la comarca del Somontano de norte a sur. La conjunción de valores culturales y naturales a lo largo de su curso le valió la declaración en 2001 de Parque Cultural por el Gobierno de Aragón. Esta figura de protección, pionera en Europa, trata de equilibrar la protección del patrimonio con su difusión, en el marco del desarrollo económico de la zona.» España

	Collections photographiques de la Société de Géographie
		Gallica. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 230 documentos. Francia

	Cristóbal Colón
		Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Universidad de Alicante. «Trazar un esbozo del perfil biográfico de Cristóbal Colón, sobre todo cuando nos remontamos hasta los primeros tiempos de su vida, plantea el problema de las incertidumbres y lagunas que existen sobre la misma, pese a todos los esfuerzos realizados por los investigadores en aclararla. Una biografía que está, además, enmascarada por muchas atribuciones y supuestos hallazgos, imputables tanto a la proyección histórica de Colón y del descubrimiento de América, con toda la polémica que a lo largo del tiempo ha suscitado, como a las mismas noticias confusas y contradictorias ofrecidas por su hijo Fernando, quizá intentando reivindicar un origen noble para el descubridor.» America del norte América Latina España

	De l'Outaragasipi à la rivière l'Assomption
		Le rôle d'un cours d'eau dans une région, Lanaudière (Québec). Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. Canadá

	Discover the Heritage of Baccalieu Trail
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «The historic Baccalieu Trail begins at the junctions of Highway #70 and the Trans Canada, and continues on a 200km loop around the Bay de Verde Peninsula back to the Trans Canada at Whitbourne. The region boasts a rich, colourful heritage, from the very oldest communities in Newfoundland to dramatic vistas and coastlines to Baccalieu Island, a world-class bird colony.» Canadá

	Domesticar un río de montaña: electricidad y riegos en el Ésera
		«Los ríos de la montaña son una poderosa fuerza natural que, en los últimos 100 años, desde que el hombre dispone de los medios suficientes para hacerlo, ha sido dominada y transformada por este para aprovechar su caudal o su energía. A lo largo de todo el siglo XX, la explotación y extracción de los recursos de la montaña por parte de agentes exteriores no solo ha modificado los propios cursos de agua, sino también el paisaje y la vida de las gentes que durante siglos vivieron en su entorno una vida inmutable.» España

	Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
		Washington State University, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. «More than 925 historic maps with links to high-resolution MrSID files.» EEUU - inglés

	Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal
		«O EMS é uma entidade permanente da estrutura orgânica da Câmara Municipal do Seixal que tem por missão investigar, conservar, documentar, interpretar, valorizar e difundir testemunhos do Homem e do meio, reportados ao território e à população do Concelho, com vista a contribuir para a construção e a transmissão das memórias colectivas e para um desenvolvimento local sustentável.» Portugal

	Electronic Atlas of a Cultural Landscape: Carleton University and Environs
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Carleton University is a place as well as an institution. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, this place is a second home to many thousands of students and staff. It is part of Canada's capital. It is the multiple collections of buildings, paths, trees, rocks and fauna which form the backdrop for academic and social life here. It is also an ever-changing array of mental images of the immediate environment held by each student and member of the staff.» Canadá

	Endurance
		Kodak.com The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1926. «Ernest Shackleton, a British polar explorer, hired Frank Hurley to record, in still and moving pictures, an expedition to Antarctica, the last unexplored region on Earth. By 1914, Norway had beaten England to both the North and South poles. Now, as war loomed in Europe, Shackleton determined to win for England another polar prize: a trek across Antarctica on foot. Hoping to partly finance the expedition through advance sale of photographic, movie, and story rights, Shackleton hired Hurley.» Internacional Reino Unido

	Everest the Search for Mallory and Irvine
		PBS NOVA Online. «The site is an intensive look at the personalities, dangers, history, culture, and lore surrounding the world's highest mountain.» EEUU - inglés

	Exploradores y viajeros por España
		Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Universidad de Alicante. «Cada vez son más los estudiosos que se acercan al mundo de los viajes y viajeros para contrastar las fuentes históricas al uso con los testimonios de primera mano de los que visitaron los lugares reseñados. No cabe ninguna duda de que los testimonios de estos visitantes, foráneos o nativos, por España y sus territorios de ultramar presentan una visión diferente y distante a la que nos tenía acostumbrados la historiografía tradicional debido, fundamentalmente, a que sus objetivos eran bien distintos y su narración mucho más cercana a la de historiadores posteriores en tiempo y espacio.» España

	Explore Herschel Island!
		Yukon Territorial Government, Heritage Branch; Yukon College. Virtual Museum Canada. «An island off the Yukon North Slope in the Beaufort Sea that was home to ancestors of the people of the Arctic and served as an American commercial whaling colony in the 1890s. A dozen whaling structures still stand and there are rich archaeological and palaeontological sites. It is managed according to the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.» Canadá

	Filipinas, Puerta de Oriente. De Legazpi a Malaspina
		Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior de España, SEACEX. Catálogo completo, visita virtual y relación completa de piezas. «La exposición, cuya finalidad es recordar la gran tarea civilizadora de España en el Pacífico, especialmente en el archipiélago de las Filipinas, está estructurada en tres secciones: el descubrimiento y las expediciones (Derroteros, navegantes y expediciones científicas), la Administración y la cristianización (Gobernar, administrar, evangelizar) y el resultado del fructífero intercambio comercial entre Asia y España (Un Archipiélago de intercambios). Para su sede en Manila se han reunido 188 piezas entre instrumentos científicos, mobiliario, orfebrería, pinturas, mapas, esculturas y armas.» España

	First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
		Library of Congress. «The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. The collection is drawn from the holdings of the University of Chicago Library and the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. Among the sources included are books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, scientific publications, broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, ledgers and other financial records, maps, physical artifacts, and pictorial images.» EEUU - inglés

	Flood!
		PBS NOVA Online. «Around the world, unruly rivers have long driven a hard bargain. In exchange for rich soil, irrigated land and convenient transportation, they have forced floodplain dwellers to deal with an occasional washout. Engineers have labored for thousands of years to lessen the risk, but their attempts at managing Mother Nature have been mixed -- often resulting in as much failure as success.» EEUU - inglés

	Fort Selkirk Virtual Museum
		Yukon Territorial Government; Canadian Heritage Information Network. «Fort Selkirk, found just north of the confluence of the Yukon and Pelly rivers, is a land of very cold, dry winters and mild, temperate summers.» Canadá

	Galería de exploradores
		Sociedad Geográfica Española. España

	Gallica Utopie
		Gallica. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. «Dans le langage courant actuel, "utopique" veut dire impossible ; une utopie est une chimère, une construction purement imaginaire dont la réalisation est, a priori, hors de notre portée. Or, paradoxalement, les auteurs qui ont créé le mot, puis illustré le genre littéraire inventé par Thomas More en 1516, avaient plutôt pour ambition d'élargir le champ du possible, et d'abord de l'explorer. Certes, l'utopie se caractérise par un recours à la fiction, par un artifice littéraire qui consiste à décrire une société idéale dans une géographie imaginaire, souvent dans le cadre d'un récit de voyage purement romanesque. Mais imaginaire ou fictif ne veut pas dire impossible : tout rêve n'est pas chimère. Les utopies relevant de la littérature politique, du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, participent d'une critique de l'ordre existant et d'une volonté de le réformer en profondeur ; le recours à la fiction est un procédé qui permet de prendre ses distances par rapport au présent pour mieux le relativiser et de décrire, d'une manière aussi concrète que possible, ce qui pourrait être. Et l'épanouissement du genre utopique correspond à une période où l'on pense, justement, que, plutôt que d'attendre un monde meilleur dans un au-delà providentiel, les hommes devraient construire autrement leurs formes d'organisation politique et sociale pour venir à bout des vices, des guerres et des misères. En ce sens, les descriptions qu'ils proposent, dans lesquelles ils font voir des cités heureuses bien gouvernées, visent à convaincre leurs lecteurs que d'autres modes de vie sont possibles.» Francia

	George Back Collection
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «George Back 1795-1878) created a remarkable record of his expeditions to the Arctic region from 1818 until 1837. His sketches, drawings and writing document the extraordinary Arctic landscape and topography, its people, flora and fauna. He was not alone in charting the Arctic coast. Back's career was intertwined with John Franklin's with whom he served on two expeditions, first from 1819 to 1822 and again from 1825 to 1827. George Back is recognized as a talented artist, a capable explorer and compassionate leader. His drawings and writing contribute greatly to our knowledge of the Northern Canadian region in the early nineteenth century.» Canadá

	Grand River Watershed, Ontario
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «The Grand River watershed drains an area of 6,500 square kilometres to Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario just to the west of the Greater Toronto area. Land use within the basin is varied, with agricultural and rural land used dominant in the northern and southern portions, and urban land uses concentrated in the central region. The natural beauty, cultural diversity and recreational opportunities of the river system have been officially recognized through the designation of the Grand River as a Canadian Heritage River.» Canadá

	Haida Spirits of the Sea
		Canadian Heritage Information Network; Haida Gwaii community, Haida Gwaii Museum at at Qay'llnagaay; Museum of Anthropology at UBC; Royal British Columbia Museum; Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Virtual Museum Canada. «Discover the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Haida Gwaii people's profound relationship with the sea.» Canadá

	Historical Legacy of the Gatineau from Cantley to Low (The)
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Come navigate up the waters of the beautiful Gatineau River. Discover the history of this region through the compilation of images and stories that have been archived by the Historical Society of the Gatineau. Learn about the legacy of the people who braved the wilds to found today's society. See how three aspects of the region's history: people, transportation and logging melded together to form a unique way of life.» Canadá

	Historical Maps of Africa
		American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. «The maps in this gallery reflect the development of European knowledge of African geography from 1562 through 1940. They are reproduced with the permission of the New York Public Library and the British Library. These maps are displayed using the tilepic software available from University of California, Berkeley Digital Library Project.» EEUU - inglés

	Ilititaa...Bernier, his men and the Inuits
		Musée maritime du Québec. Virtual Museum Canada. «...is the story of the conquest of the Canadian Arctic by Captain Bernier and his men. It is also about two worlds, Inuit and French, coming together.» Canadá

	In Search of Your Canadian Past: The County Atlas Digital Project
		McGill University. Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Each of the county atlases consisted of a historical text, township and town maps, portraits, views and patrons' directory / business cards. But more important, names of residents were marked on the lots of the township maps in these county atlases. Unfortunately only the names of subscribers were recorded on the township maps for the Dominion of Canada supplements. All of these atlases were sold by subscription. Prominent county residents paid an additional sum to have biographical sketches, portraits and views of their residences or businesses included in the atlases.» Canadá

	Island Way of Life (The)
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Discover the “Island Way of Life” expressed through our art, music, and literature. It is in our relationship with our natural heritage. It is visible in our outstanding citizens and community spirit. We share it with the world through our industries—from farming and fishing to aviation and information technology. It is the way we live on Prince Edward Island.» Canadá

	Itinerary of the Expedition
		American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. «American Museum of Natural History scientists Herbert Lang and James Chapin left New York Harbor bound for the Congo on May 8, 1909. They returned home about five-and-one-half years later. This interactive itinerary illustrates their voyage from New York to Western Africa, then up the Congo River to the Ituri Forest region, where the bulk of their collecting took place.» EEUU - inglés

	Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
		Gallica. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 3147 documentos. Francia

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