GIS/Mapping
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Charting First Encounters
Created by Christian Egan Charting First Encounters maps twenty-three points where George Vancouver’s expedition encountered Indigenous peoples, communities, and constructions over two weeks in early May, 1792. Given the archival absence of textual Indigenous sources, Vancouver’s writings provide the first recorded account of Puget Sound’s native cultures. The project uses data extracted from chapters IV and…
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The Donkey Driver’s Map
Created by Khalil Sawan The Donkey Driver’s Map is a proof-of-concept project that has everything a donkey driver working in the Mamluk Levant might need. It is most useful for intra-city travel: it maps the locations of Mamluk equids, reflects the administrative geography of the region, and provides the locations of inns (khans). For the…
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Everyday Empires
Created by Mia Swenson Everyday Empires, a proof-of-concept project, envisions maritime life and industry in early modern London through the diary of John “Ramblin’ Jack” Cremer. It offers a look at how Britain’s maritime economy shaped the lives of its citizens throughout the eighteenth century. As the locations on the map will suggest, the early…
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The Silent Spring Soundscape
Created by Kelly Gray The Silent Spring Soundscape: Lessons in Listening to the Land combines immersive field recordings in environmental soundscapes, ArcGIS interactive mapping, and interactive lesson plans for the high school or college classroom to tell the history of Rachel Carson’s work, Silent Spring, and to learn to read the environmental silences in texts.
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World Travelers Story Maps
The following story maps provide insight into 17th and 18th travel narratives through textual extracts, mapping, and contextualization. They were created by DH certificate students with teaching and learning in mind. Impressions of South Africa: Tracking the Descriptions of Viscount Born in 1838 in what is now Northern Ireland, James Bryce is highly regarded as…
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18th Century Scotland, as Observed by Daniel Defoe
Created by Brianna A. Reisbeck 18th Century Scotland, as observed by Daniel Defoe focuses solely on “That Part of Great Britain Called Scotland,” the first letter in Defoe’s fourth volume of A Tour of Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain, and, more specifically on changes to the ecology and to the physical and built…