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The following links will bring you outside of "Blupete's Website" -- So, Now is a good time, so that you might readily return to Blupete, to book mark "Blupete's Website".

History

  • Nova Scotia Historic Places register
    § This is an inventory of designated historic properties: houses, churches, cemeteries, canals, mills, lighthouses, etc. This site is supplementary to the federal site, Canada's Historic Places.
  • Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
    § For many years I have regularly consulted the DCB. This many volumed work done by scholarly people occupies a whole shelf in my library: -- and now, it's online! Wonderful.
  • News Archive Search
    § "News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. In addition to helping you search, News archive search can automatically create timelines which show selected results from relevant time periods."
  • The Massachusetts Historical Society
  • The National Collection of Aerial Photography
    § "Browse aerial photography of places throughout Europe during the Second World War using a map interface."
  • The Costumer's Manifesto
  • The History of Nova Scotia
    § blupete's contribution to the web.

  • The Works of Bouchette, Joseph
    § British Dominions in North America. Scanned in at www.canadiana.org -- the text is NOT manipulative.
    § Also, see, Report of Tour, Lower-Canada, 1824.
    § And, see, Views in the Canadas, N. B. & N. S.

  • Champlain, Samuel de
    § The Voyages of ... (www.canadiana.org)

  • Charlevoix, Pierre
    § Letters re voyages and travels etc. (www.canadiana.org)

  • Cook, James
    § Voyages (www.canadiana.org)
    § Pacific Voyages (www.canadiana.org)
    § Other Internet Resources about Captain Cook

  • Acadiensis
    § Check out the links.

  • The Hudson's Bay Company Archives
    "The HBCA offers a wealth of information on the human and natural history of western and northern Canada and the western USA. ... Founded in 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) chief interests for its first two centuries were the fur trade, exploration and settlement."
  • American Antiquarian Society
    A national [U.S.] research library of American history located in Worcester, Massachusetts. See the special page on Canadiana
  • regiments.org
    "Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth." "This site strives for comprehensiveness, bringing together all internet resources pertaining to land forces that were at any time part of the British Empire or Commonwealth. In addition, each of the hundreds of pages on this site presents added value in the form of brief information (including bibliographies) about countries, their regiments and conflicts." A very comprehensive site with an excellant search engine. SEE for work on Dan & Joe http://regiments.org/milhist/wars/ww1/francefl.htm
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook
    Brought to the web by Fordham University. The site "is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures. Although this part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project began as a way to access texts that were already available on the Internet ..."
  • Egyptology Resources
    University of Cambridge: Explore the tomb of Senneferi, one of the 'Tombs of the Nobles' on the West Bank at Luxor in Egypt. Also, there may be found information on the ongoing excavation in Egypt: what the tomb is, how archaeology is done, what is found, and many other things!
  • Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
    About: Egypt, Pyramids, Pharaohs, Hieroglyphs: Lists of Dynasties, Kings and Queens, Links, etc.
  • Locomotive Steam Engines
    A list of surviving in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; Conceptual Tours Steam; Locomotive Builders; Railfairs; Locomotive Comparison; Specifications of famous steam locomotives; etc.
  • The Jesuit Relations
    "This page is managed by Rev. Raymond A. Bucko, S.J. of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Le Moyne College, the Jesuit College of Central New York."
  • Highland Clearances
    A paper by written by Iain Kerr. It is represented to be an approximate "chronological outline of the major incidents which caused population movements in Scotland, from Scotland to Ireland and either directly, or through an intervening refuge, from Scotland and Ireland to the Americas and later Australia."
  • Lewis & Clark
    PBS: This site is supplementary to Ken Burns' work.
  • LIBERTY! The American Revolution
    PBS: This site is an online companion to a series of six one-hour documentaries originally broadcast on PBS November 23, 24, and 25, 1997.
  • Manuscripts
    The available Manuscripts of the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The texts are not apparently on line, but fairly good descriptions of the historical persons and of their writings are given. If you are looking for the original papers for certain British military and political figures, such as, Jeffery Amherst, Thomas Gage, Henry Clinton, and George Germain -- check here.
  • Spartacus (U.K.)
    An attractive and informative site. British history (1700-1900) which is amply illustrated with portraits. See, in particular History of World War I: "Pro-War Politicians," "Anti-War Politicians," "The Life in the Trenches," "First World War Battles (Somme, Vimy Ridge, et al.)," "War in the Air, "The Weapons," etc. It is with a visit to this site that one one will see the future of education. Less and less, will we need bricks and mortar.
  • What Happened on Any Day in History.
    Pick a day and find out what historic Event or birthdate occurred on that day of through the years.
  • The Loss of Le Chameau.
    On August 27th, 1725, in a storm off the north-eastern corner of Cape Breton, while trying to make the mouth of Louisbourg harbour, Le Chameau, A French man-of-war was sweep in upon the hard rocky shore with the result that all aboard, 316 persons perished.
  • The Discriminating General
    This page is put up by a company that constructs military heritage replicas (1743 to 1855) "to match the needs and specifications of museums and selective collectors. If you are looking for a particular history reproduction, you have found the company to produce it! Our Napoleonic Collection has particularly caught the world's attention. Only surfing the net? Flip through our free on-line magazine on military heritage, or our War of 1812 Website or our Seven Years War Website; all with free articles, events and much more. ... Want to continue your search through military heritage websites? Our links page is the door you're looking for. For your listening pleasure, enjoy our Military Music Sound Clip Gallery."
  • Net Resources
    Index of Resources for Historians.
  • The Old Bailey
    This site features the proceedings at the Old Bailey, the criminal courts at London. The site currently contains accounts of criminal trials, from December 1714 to December 1759. These accounts can be searched in several different ways.
  • The Open Video Project
    § The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.
  • An Essay: "On History"

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