Exploration and Historical Geography
Alexander von Humboldt
The life of the scientist and explorer, a founder of modern geography.Amerigo Vespucci
Learn about the man for whom America was named.Captain James Cook
Learn about the famous 18th Century explorer and his explorations.Carl Ritter
A prolific 19th century geographer, one of the founders of modern geography.Cheng Ho - Eunuch Explorer
As a teenager, Cheng Ho was captured and forced to become a eunuch slave. Find out how he became China's greatest explorer and admiral.Ellen Churchill Semple
Ellen Churchill Semple was America's first influential female geographer. Explore Semple's life and scholarship in this fantastic biographical article.Eratosthenes
The father of geography, one of the "greatest geographers of all ages."Father of American Geography: William Morris Davis
Learn about the man who invented geomorphology.Grand Tour of Europe
The Grand Tour of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was designed to enlighten the young elite of England. Learn about their travels to the European mainland.History of U.S. Expansion and Boundary Changes
Track the growth of the United States across North America through the variety of treaties, purchases, wars, and Acts of Congress that gave the U.S.A. the geography it has today.International Map of the World (The Millionth Map)
A planned, but failed, attempt to map the planet.Islamic Geography in the Middle Ages
Arab geographers kept ancient knowledge alive during the Dark Ages.Marco Polo
Learn about the life of this great explorer.The Mason-Dixon Line
Learn about the 18th century boundary that became a 19th century symbol.Mt. Everest's New Elevation
The world's tallest mountain gets taller.Prester John
The legend of this medieval king sparked crusades and exploration.Prince Henry the Navigator and the Institute at Sagres
The story of how Portugal became a great center of world exploration.Ptolemy
This famous Roman geographer invented latitude and longitude.The Seven Seas
The complete list!Steve Fossett's Non-Circumnavigation of the Earth
Steve Fossett's solo balloon flight around the earth was not a circumnavigation or flight around the world because he was so far south of the equator.Swift on Geography
Jonathan Swift's famous verse about cartography.Temperate, Torrid, and Frigid Zones
Aristotle's rudimentary climate classification.Timeline of Geographic History
An chronology of key geographic events over the past 4000 years.The Treaty of Tordesillas
How Portugal wrestled the New World away from Spain and the Pope.T-O Maps
In the Dark Ages, the prevalent map of the earth was reduced to a simple "O" with a "T" in the middle. Find out about this interesting view of the world.
