History and Geography Web Links

BC History

BC History Website: many links

R.E. Gosnell's Digitial Year Book of British Columbia and Manual of Provincial Information 1901-2001

Vancouver Bibliography: accessed through the UBC Library catalogue

Canadian History

Canadian Heritage Gallery: a large collection of pictures, documents, etc.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography: for Canadians who died between 1000 and 1920

Early Canadiana Online: digitial images of over one million pages of early Canadian documents

Historica: a foundation devoted to Canadian history education

Country Information

CIA World Factbook: quick facts on the countries of the world

Country Briefings: by the Economist Magazine

Country Studies: online versions of the books prepared by the Library of Congress

Global Access: from Michigan State University

Portals to the World: links to country information sources, from the Library of Congress

Gazetteers

BC Geographic Names: can display results on a map of BC

Canadian Geographic Names: can calculate point-to-point distance between any two locations

Great Circle Calculator: calculate the distance between any two points on the globe, using latitude and longitude

How Far is it: US-oriented, but some world locations

Washington Place Names

World Gazetteer

Maps

Expedia Maps: street maps for the US, road maps for Canada, Mexico, and Europe

Mapblast: street maps and driving directions

Mapquest: maps and driving directions

National Atlas of Canada

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: a large collection of online maps

Topozone: topographical maps for the US

United Nations Cartographic Service