Explore London, past and present. Browse this site by time period (early port to 20th-century port) or topic, or do a site search. A great place to learn about the people and events that contributed to London's markets, industry, growth,...

Porte de Paris (Lille)

Port Vell (Barcelona)

An image of "Idealised View with Roman Ruins, Sculptures, and a Port", created by Bartholomeus Breenbergh, c. 1650 (Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm).

This company town was founded in 1853, and ran the longest running timber mill in the US, which just closed in 1995. Seattle architect Charles Bebb designed many of the town's buildings.

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A map of Fort Schuyler (Fort Stanwix) and vicinity at the southern end of Lake Oneida and Mohawk River, site of the Battle of Oriskany (August 6, 1777). The map shows the events of this battle, and is keyed to show: (A) Fort Schuyler;...

A regional map of England and Wales from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows major rivers and prominent peaks with elevations in feet....

A regional map of northern Scotland from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties. The map shows major rivers and prominent peaks with elevations in feet. The map is color-coded to show the counties...

A regional map of northern England from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows major rivers and prominent peaks with elevations in feet....

A regional map of southwestern England from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows important battle sites, major rivers, prominent...

A detailed travel map of Scotland in 1908, showing portions of counties Banff, Aberdeen, and Kincardine. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, terrain, and coastal features of the area....

A detailed travel map of the islands Lewis and Harris off the northwestern coast of Scotland from 1908, showing first class and secondary roads, cities, towns, ports, ferry and steamer routes, rivers, lakes, terrain and coastal features...

A map of England and Wales in 1920, showing the counties, major cities, towns, and ports, railroads, canals, submarine cables, and rivers.

A map of Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales from 1919, showing major cities, towns, and ports, through railroads and secondary railroads, canals, submarine cables, and rivers.

A map of the British Isles in 1903, showing the countries of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, with county boundaries, major cities, towns, ports, rivers, coastal features, and outlying islands.

A regional map of southern Scotland from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties. The map shows major rivers and prominent peaks with elevations in feet. The map is color-coded to show the counties.

A map of England and Wales from 1885, showing counties, all cities and towns with a population over 100,000 at the time, railways and canals, ferry routes across the Strait of Dover, North Channel, and Irish Sea (with distance between...

A regional map of southeastern England from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows major rivers and coastal features. This map shows the...

A detailed travel map of Scotland from 1908, showing portions of counties Sutherland and Caithness. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, terrain and coastal features of the area....

A detailed travel map of western Scotland from 1908, showing portions of Argyll County and the islands of Mull and Jura. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, ferry routes, rivers, lakes, terrain...

Fort Erie is a major port of entry to Canada from Buffalo, New York, yet it also has a rich past, and this Fort Erie Tourism website reveals activities relating to the War of 1812's battle of Fort Erie.

Mauritius capital

This site from the WebMuseum of ibiblio.org provides a biography of a neoimpressionist and pointilist, Paul Signac, who worked with artist Georges Seurat Includes images of his artwork.