Political Maps » History http://politicalmaps.org Political News as told by Maps Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:36:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Voting America: United States Politics 1840-2008 http://politicalmaps.org/voting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008/ http://politicalmaps.org/voting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:24:37 +0000 admin http://politicalmaps.org/?p=729 The University of Richmond‘s Digital Scholarship Lab created interactive and cinematic maps of the US presidential elections from 1840 to 2004. The maps provide a geographic time line of US presidential elections.

Very small sampling of the maps available below…



]]> http://politicalmaps.org/voting-america-united-states-politics-1840-2008/feed/ 1 Digital History: Interactive Timeline Map of US History http://politicalmaps.org/digital-history-interactive-timeline-map-of-us-history/ http://politicalmaps.org/digital-history-interactive-timeline-map-of-us-history/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:06:56 +0000 admin http://politicalmaps.org/?p=482 Digital History is the University of Houston’s project to use “new technologies to enhance teaching and research”. Their interactive timeline map of US history shows the nation expanding, states forming and the population growing. Significant political and cultural events are plotted on the map, which can be clicked on for more information.

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