Mary Nix on August 26th, 2009

This BBC database offers a guide to history, economic backgrounds of countries, and history.
BBC Country Profiles

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Mary Nix on May 18th, 2009

Shepherd Software offers many wonderful online learning games. World Geography is one of them. They also have a free, downloadable blank map of the world you can download.
World Geography Game

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Mary Nix on March 23rd, 2009

Fine and rare original antique maps, sea charts and atlases.
Antique Maps and Atlases

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Mary Nix on March 23rd, 2009

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) is a joint program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAFGI), and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS).
You can check out current volcanic activity, volcano info, Alaska Volcano Observatory Online Library, images and more.
Alaska Volcano [...]

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Mary Nix on October 31st, 2007

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s virtual world takes advantage of a platform known as “Second Life”. This platform is a 3-D online world with a rapidly growing population from 100 countries around the globe. Residents themselves create and build everything from homes, vehicles, stores, and landscapes to educational areas like the map. The Second Life [...]

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Willi Gets a History Lesson in Virginia’s Historic Triangle by Dr. Ellen K. Rudolph
The publisher synopsis reads:
The book commemorates the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English settlement. It tells the story of a small dog who gets lost in Virginia’s Historic Triangle – a region that encompasses Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown; historic sites [...]

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