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Our Sources

The following is a list of the major sources that we have used in the preparation of our historical maps. As we continue to add maps, this list will be expanded and improved. Some of these books can be purchased through Amazon.com.


National Geographic Maps. 1998.


Brittanica DVD 2001. 2001.


Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton; Ward, Adolphus William; Prothero, G. W.; Leathes, Stanley Mordaunt. The Cambridge modern history. New York,: The Macmillan company;, 1934. D208 .C25.


Buy from Amazon.com Ajayi, J. F. Ade; Crowder, Michael; Richards, Paul; Dunston, Elizabeth; Newman, Alick. Historical atlas of Africa. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. G2446.S1 H5 1985.


Andreae, C. A.; Matthews, Geoffrey J.. Lines of country. Erin, Ont., Canada: Boston Mills Press ;, 1997. G1116.P3 A5 1997.


Barnes, Ian; Hudson, Robert. Historical atlas of Asia. Shirley, Derbyshire, England: Arcadia Editions, 1998. DS33 .B37 1998.


Barraclough, Geoffrey; Hammond Incorporated.. The Times concise atlas of world history. Maplewood, N.J.: Hammond Inc., 1994. G1030.


Buy from Amazon.com Barraclough, Geoffrey; Parker, Geoffrey; Times Books (Firm); Hammond Incorporated.. The Times atlas of world history. London: Bca ;, 1993. G1030 .T54 1993.


Bazilevich, Konstantin Vasil´evich. Atlas istorii SSSR. 1951. G2111.S1 R78 1951.


Beck, Warren A.; Haase, Ynez D.. Historical atlas of New Mexico. Norman,: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. G1506.S1 B4 1969.


Beck, Warren A.; Haase, Ynez D.. Historical atlas of California. Norman,: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. G1526.S1 B4 1974.


Beck, Warren A.; Haase, Ynez D.. Historical atlas of the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. G1381.S1 B4 1989.


Buy from Amazon.com Bethell, Leslie. The Cambridge history of Latin America. Cambridge England ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. F1410 .C1834 1984.


Buy from Amazon.com Boatner, Mark Mayo. The Civil War dictionary. New York: Vintage Civil War Library, 1991. E468 .B7 1991.


Buy from Amazon.com Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. The new Islamic dynasties. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. DS35.627 .B67 1996.


Brandäao, Josâe Antâonio. Your fyre shall burn no more. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. E99.I7 B77 1997.


Brice, William Charles. An Historical atlas of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1981.


Buy from Amazon.com Brose, David S.; Cowan, C. Wesley; Mainfort, Robert C.. Societies in eclipse. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. E78.E2 S63 2001.


Buy from Amazon.com Brown, Robin; Appleton, Richard. Collins milestones in Australian history, 1788 to the present. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1986. DU110 .B76 1986.


Canada. Energy Mines and Resources Canada.. The national atlas of Canada. Ottawa: Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1985. G1115.


Cappon, Lester Jesse; Petchenik, Barbara Bartz; Long, John Hamilton. Atlas of early American history. Princeton, N.J.: Published for the Newberry Library and the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the Princeton University Press, 1976. G1201.S3 A8 1976.


Buy from Amazon.com Carnes, Mark C.. Historical atlas of the United States. New York: Routledge, 2002. G1201.S1 H5 2002.


Channon, John; Hudson, Robert. The Penguin historical atlas of Russia. London ; New York, NY: Viking, 1995. DK38 .C4 1995.


Buy from Amazon.com Chew, Allen F.. An atlas of Russian history. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970. G 2111.S1 C5 1970.


Coe, Michael D.. Mexico. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994. F1219.7 .C63 1994.


Buy from Amazon.com Coe, Michael D.. The Maya. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1999. F1435 .C72 1999.


Buy from Amazon.com Coe, Michael D.; Benson, Elizabeth P.; Snow, Dean R.. Atlas of ancient America. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1986. E61 .C66 1986.


Buy from Amazon.com Collier, Simon; Skidmore, Thomas E.; Blakemore, Harold. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge England ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1992. F1406 .C36 1992.


Buy from Amazon.com Daly, M. W.; Petry, Carl F.. The Cambridge history of Egypt. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. DT94 .C36 1998.


Darby, H. C.; Fullard, Harold; George Philip & Son.. The New Cambridge modern history. Cambridge: University Press, 1970.


Davies, Nigel. The Toltec heritage. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. F1219 .D2782.


Buy from Amazon.com Davies, Nigel. The Aztec empire. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. F1219.73 .D38 1987.


Draga, Marco & Boroli, Andrea. Atlante della storia d'Italia. Novara: Istituto geografico De Agostini, 1997. DG421 .A93 1997.


Buy from Amazon.com Edwards, I. E. S.; Boardman, John. The Cambridge ancient history. Cambridge Eng. ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977. D57 .C252 SUPPL.


Buy from Amazon.com Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J.. Civil War high commands. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2001. E467 .E35 2001.


Buy from Amazon.com Embree, Dan; Magdalene College (University of Cambridge).; Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge).; Paludan, Ann. Chronicle of the Chinese emperors. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. DS734 .P285 1998.


Engel, Josef; Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag.. Grosser historischer Weltatlas. München: Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag, 1981.


Fage, J. D.; Oliver, Roland Anthony. The Cambridge history of Africa. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. DT20 .C28.


Buy from Amazon.com Fairbank, John King; Twitchett, Denis Crispin; Franke, Herbert. The Cambridge history of China. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978. DS735 .C3145.


Farmer, Judith A.; Holmes, Kenneth L.. An historical atlas of early Oregon. Portland, Or.,: Historical Cartographic Publications, 1973. G1491.S1 F3 1973.


Fisher, W. B.. The Cambridge history of Iran. Cambridge,: University Press, 1968. DS272 .C34.


Floyd, Troy S.. The Anglo-Spanish struggle for Mosquitia. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1967. F1529.M9 F55.


Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P.; Kessel, Lorraine. Historical atlas of the Middle East. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. G2206.S1 F7 1993.


Garcâia Gallo, Alfonso. Atlas histâorico-jurâidico. Mâexico: Procuradurâia General de Justicia del Distrito Federal Mâexico, 1997. G1966.F7 G3 1997.


Gerhard, Peter. The southeast frontier of New Spain. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. F1231 .G42 1993.


Gerhard, Peter. The north frontier of New Spain. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. F1229 .G47 1993.


Buy from Amazon.com Gerhard, Peter. A guide to the historical geography of New Spain. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. F1231 .G37 1993.


Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of Russian history. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. G2111.S1 G52 1993.


Goins, Charles Robert; Caldwell, John Michael. Historical atlas of Louisiana. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. G1361.S1 G6 1995.


Buy from Amazon.com Grousset, René. The empire of the steppes; a history of central Asia. New Brunswick, N.J.,: Rutgers University Press, 1970. DS785 .G8313.


Buy from Amazon.com Grove, Noel; National Geographic Society (U.S.). Book Division.. National Geographic atlas of world history. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1997. D20 .G76 1997.


Habib, Irfan; Aligarh Muslim University. Dept. of History. Centre of Advanced Study.. An atlas of the Mu*g*hal Empire. [Aligarh]: Centre of Advanced Study in History Aligarh Muslim University ; Delhi ;, 1982. G2282.M6 H3 1982.


Buy from Amazon.com Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge history of Japan. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. DS835 .C36 1988.


Hammond & Company inc.. (Hammond's) historical atlas. Maplewood, N.J.,: Hammond, 1963.


Hammond Incorporated.. Hammond historical atlas of the world. [Maplewood, N.J.: Hammond Incorporated, 1984. G1030 .H3203 1984.


Hann, John H.. Summary guide to Spanish Florida missions and visitas. Washington, D.C.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1990. F312 .H36 1990.


Hann, John H.. Summary guide to Spanish Florida missions and visitas. Washington, D.C.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1990. F312 .H36 1990.


Buy from Amazon.com Harper & Row Publishers.. The Harper atlas of world history. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. G1030.


Buy from Amazon.com Harris, R. Cole; Matthews, Geoffrey J.. Historical atlas of Canada. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1987.


Buy from Amazon.com Harris, R. Cole; Warkentin, John. Canada before Confederation. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University Press ;, 1991. F1027.5 .H37 1991.


Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver, B.C.: Cavendish Books, 1999. G1466.S12 H3 1999.


Buy from Amazon.com Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1999. F851 .H38 1999.


Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver, B.C.: Cavendish Books, 1999. G1466.S12 H3 1999.


Haywood, John. Cassell atlas of the ancient world 4,000,000-500 BC. London Cassell, 1998.:


Haywood, John. Cassell atlas of the classical world 500 BC-AD 600. London Cassell, 1998.:


Haywood, John. Cassell atlas of the early modern world 1492-1783. London Cassell, 1998.:


Haywood, John. Cassell atlas of the medieval world AD 600-1492. London Cassell, 1998.:


Haywood, John. Cassell atlas of the nineteenth-century world 1783-1914. London Cassell, 1998.:


Haywood, John. The Complete atlas of world history. Armonk, N.Y.: Sharpe Reference, 1997.


Buy from Amazon.com Haywood, John; Swanston Graphics Limited.. The Penguin historical atlas of the Vikings. London, England ; New York, NY: Viking, 1995. G1034 .H3 1995.


Herrmann, Albert; Ginsburg, Norton Sydney; Wheatley, Paul. An historical atlas of China. Chicago,: Aldine Pub. Co., 1966. G2306.S1 H4 1966.


Hewitt, B. G.. The Abkhazians. New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1998. DK679.A25 A225 1998.


Holt, P. M.; Lambton, Ann K. S.; Lewis, Bernard. The Cambridge history of Islam. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977.


Buy from Amazon.com Homberger, Eric. The Penguin historical atlas of North America. London ; New York, NY: Viking, 1995.


Jones, A. H. M.. The cities of the eastern Roman provinces. Oxford Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1971. DF85 .J6 1971.


Buy from Amazon.com Kane, Joseph Nathan. The American counties. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1983. E180 .K3 1983.


Kasule, Samuel. The history atlas of Africa. New York: Macmillan, 1998. G2446.S1 K3 1998.


Khushwant, Singh. A history of the Sikhs. Princeton, N.J.,: Princeton University Press, 1963. DS485.P3 S493.


Buy from Amazon.com Kinder, Hermann; Hilgemann, Werner. The Anchor atlas of world history. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1974. G1030 .K552 1974.


Buy from Amazon.com Lantzeff, George Vjatcheslau; Pierce, Richard A.. Eastward to empire; exploration and conquest on the Russian open frontier to 1750. Montreal,: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1973. DK43 .L33.


Leach, Douglas Edward. The northern colonial frontier, 1607-1763. New York,: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1966. F106 .L4.


Buy from Amazon.com Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1995. E77 .L574 1995.


Livi Bacci, Massimo. A concise history of world population. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1997. HB871 .L56513 1997.


Lombardi, Cathryn L.; Lombardi, John V.; Stoner, K. Lynn; Conference on Latin American History.. Latin American history, a teaching atlas. Madison, Wis.: Published for the Conference on Latin American History by the University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.


López Rosado, Diego G.. Atlas histórico geográfico de México. México: 1940. F1227 .L85.


Buy from Amazon.com Lord, Clifford Lee; Lord, Elizabeth H.. Historical atlas of the United States. New York: H. Holt, 1953. G1201.S1 L6 1953.


Magie, David. Roman rule in Asia Minor, to the end of the third century after Christ. Princeton,: Princeton University Press, 1950. DS155 .M3.


Buy from Amazon.com Magocsi, Paul R.; Matthews, Geoffrey J.. Historical atlas of East Central Europe. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995. G2081.S1.


Buy from Amazon.com Manley, Bill; Swanston Graphics Limited.. The Penguin historical atlas of ancient Egypt. London ; New York: Penguin Books, 1996. G2490.


McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin atlas of ancient history. [Harmondswoth, Baltimore]: Penguin Books, 1967. G1033 .M17 1967.


Buy from Amazon.com McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin atlas of modern history (to 1815). Harmondsworth,: Penguin, 1972. G1035 .M4 1972.


Buy from Amazon.com McEvedy, Colin. The new Penguin atlas of medieval history. London, England ; New York, USA: Penguin Books, 1992. D118 .M26 1992.


Buy from Amazon.com McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin atlas of African history. Harmondsworth [Eng.] ; New York: Penguin Books, 1995. G2446.S1.


McEvedy, Colin; Jones, Richard. Atlas of world population history. -- London: A. Lane, 1978. HB851.


McEvedy, Colin; Woodroffe, David. The Penguin atlas of recent history, Europe since 1815. Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York: Penguin Books, 1982. G1797.21.S1.


Buy from Amazon.com McEwan, Bonnie G.. Indians of the greater Southeast. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 2000. E78.S65 I52 2000.


Buy from Amazon.com Merriam-Webster Inc.. Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1997. G103.5 .W42 1997.


Millar, Fergus. The Roman Near East, 31 B.C.-A.D. 337. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1993. DS62.25 .M53 1993.


Morkot, Robert; Swanston Graphics Limited.. The Penguin historical atlas of ancient Greece. London ; New York: Penguin, 1996. G1033 .M67 1996.


Muir, Ramsay; Treharne, R. F.; Fullard, Harold. Muir's historical atlas. London,: G. Philip, 1969. G1030.M84 1969.


Muller, Edward K.. A Concise historical atlas of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. G1261.S1 C6 1989.


Niven, Alexander C.. Civil War day-by-day. Cambridge, Mass.,: Berkshire Pub. Co., 1961. E468.3 .N5.


Noel, Thomas J.; Mahoney, Paul F.; Stevens, Richard E.. Historical atlas of Colorado by Thomas J. Noel, Paul F. Mahoney, and Richard E. Stevens. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. G1501.S1 N6 1993.


Buy from Amazon.com Ochoa, George. Atlas of Hispanic-American history. New York,: Facts on File, 2001. E184.S75 O287 2001.


Paullin, Charles Oscar; Wright, John Kirtland; American Geographical Society of New York.. Atlas of the historical geography of the United States. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. G1201.S1 P3 1975.


Buy from Amazon.com Pluvier, Jan M.. Historical atlas of South-East Asia. New York: E.J. Brill, 1995. G2361.S1 H5 1995.


Buy from Amazon.com Pollard, Helen Perlstein. Taríacuri's legacy. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. F1219.8.T37 P65 1993.


Prucha, Francis Paul. A guide to the military posts of the United States, 1789-1895. Madison,: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964. UA26.A6 P7.


Buy from Amazon.com Rand McNally and Company.; Moore, R. I.. Rand McNally atlas of world history. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1987. G1030.


Rapson, E. J.. The Cambridge history of India. New York,: The Macmillan company, 1922. DS436 .C23.


Redgate, A. E.. The Armenians. Oxford, UK Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1998. DS175 .R43 1998.


Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher; Swanston Graphics Limited.. The atlas of the Crusades. New York: Facts on File, 1991. G1034 .R5 1990.


Buy from Amazon.com Robinson, Walter Stitt. The southern colonial frontier, 1607-1763. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1979. F212 .R62.


Roolvink, Roelof. Historical atlas of the Muslim peoples. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. G1786.S1 R.


Scarre, Christopher. The Penguin historical atlas of ancient Rome. London ; New York, NY: Viking, 1995. G1980.S1.


Buy from Amazon.com Scarre, Christopher. Chronicle of the Roman emperors. London ; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. DG274 .S28 1995.


Schwartzberg, Joseph E.; Bajpai, Shiva G.. A Historical atlas of South Asia. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. G2261.S1 H5 1992.


Shepherd, William R.. Historical atlas. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1967.


Sinor, Denis. The Cambridge history of early inner Asia. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. DS329.4 .C35 1990.


Buy from Amazon.com Smith, Marvin T.; Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn; Hudson, Charles M.. The transformation of the Southeastern Indians, 1540-1760. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. E78.S65 C43 1998.


Stephens, A. Ray; Holmes, William M.; McCaffree, Phyllis M.. Historical atlas of Texas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. G1371.S1 R3 1989.


Buy from Amazon.com Stewart, John. African states and rulers. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1999. DT31 .S7859 1999.


Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William Lloyd; McAllister, Marian Holland. The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. DE59 .P7.


Sturtevant, William C.. Handbook of North American Indians. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. E77 .H25.


Buy from Amazon.com Sullivan, Richard D.. Near Eastern royalty and Rome, 100-30 BC. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1990. DT62.23 .S85 1990.


Swanton, John Reed. The Indians of the Southeastern United States. Grosse Pointe, Mich.,: Scholarly Press, 1969. E78.S65 S9 1969.


Swanton, John Reed. Indian tribes of the lower Mississippi valley and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico. St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1976. E78.L8 S93 1976.


Tanner, Helen Hornbeck; Pinther, Miklos. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian history. Norman: Published for the Newberry Library by the University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. E78.G7 A87 1987.


Buy from Amazon.com Tarling, Nicholas. The Cambridge history of Southeast Asia. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1992. DS525 .T37 1992.


Tenenbaum, Barbara A.; Dorn, Georgette M.. Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. New York: C. Scribner's Sons ;, 1996. F1406 .E53 1996.


Tikhomirov, Mikhail Nikolaevich. The towns of ancient Rus. Moscow,: Foreign Language Pub. House, 1959. DK71 .T523.


United States Military Academy. Dept. of Military Art and Engineering.; Esposito, Vincent Joseph. The West Point atlas of the Civil War. New York,: Praeger, 1962. G1201.S5 U58 1962.


Walker, Eric A.. The Cambridge history of the British Empire. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press, 1963. DA16 .C252.


Walker, Henry P.; Bufkin, Don. Historical atlas of Arizona. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. G1510 .W3 1986.


Buy from Amazon.comWieczynski, Joseph L.; Rhyne, George N.. The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history. Gulf Breeze, Fla.: Academic International Press, 1976. DK36 .M55 1976.


Wilgus, A. Curtis. Historical atlas of Latin America. New York,: Cooper Square Publishers, 1967. F1408 .W66 1967.