{"id":5039,"date":"2015-05-26T08:50:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2015-05-26T08:50:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:50:01","slug":"seven-maps-that-will-change-the-way-you-look-at-history","status":"publish","type":"insider","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/seven-maps-that-will-change-the-way-you-look-at-history","title":{"rendered":"Seven maps that will change the way you look at history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maps are powerful tools for answering questions, solving problems, advancing our understanding, and <a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">communicating more effective stories<\/a>.<br \/>\nThese seven interactive maps seamlessly blend stories, images, and geography to present new perspectives on some well-known historical happenings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geography, Class, and Fate: Passengers on the Titanic<\/strong><br \/>\nA century ago the <em>Titanic <\/em>collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank. <a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/stories\/titanic\/\" target=\"_blank\">This interactive map <\/a>of travelers\u2019 hometowns reveals the immigrant status of most third-class passengers, who also suffered the highest fatality rate.<!--more--><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5042\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/stories\/titanic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5042  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battlefields of the Civil War<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/stories\/civilwar\/\" target=\"_blank\">This interactive map <\/a>and chronology of the major battles of the American Civil War give the conflict a new twist: a geographic perspective.<\/p>\n<div><figcaption><\/figcaption><figure id=\"attachment_5043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5043\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/stories\/civilwar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5043 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decisive Moments in the Battle of Gettysburg<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most significant battles of the American Civil War. It involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war\u2019s turning point. The story in <a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/stories\/2013\/gettysburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">this interactive map <\/a>is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/academics\/es\/faculty\/node\/18901\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Knowles\u2019<\/a> research, which uses GIS to examine the viewpoints of Union and Confederate commanders at key points in the Battle of Gettysburg.\n<\/div>\n<div><figcaption><\/figcaption><figure id=\"attachment_5044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5044\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/stories\/2013\/gettysburg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5044 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<div>\n<strong>The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><br \/>\nAbraham Lincoln had dreamt of his own assassination just days before he was attacked at Ford&#8217;s Theatre in Washington, DC on April 15th, 1865. <a href=\"http:\/\/story.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTour\/?appid=c50be5615f024cc482ccb88222a8719d#\">This map tour<\/a> recounts the bizarre saga of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5045\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/story.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTour\/?appid=c50be5615f024cc482ccb88222a8719d#\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5045 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake &amp; Fire<\/strong><br \/>\nOn April 18th, 1906, San Francisco Fire Department Captain Henry Mitchell was on duty working Engine Company #20 when an earthquake struck. Mitchell and his crew worked for three days straight across the city, rescuing victims and fighting fires. <a href=\"http:\/\/sccfd.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTour\/index.html?appid=757cf2f4994b4db8aba08ad523f2e011&amp;webmap=23cd492a01914954a51b1c30811e135b\">This fascinating interactive map <\/a>of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire is based on the report written by Mitchell for the San Francisco Fire Department.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5046\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sccfd.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTour\/index.html?appid=757cf2f4994b4db8aba08ad523f2e011&amp;webmap=23cd492a01914954a51b1c30811e135b\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5046 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the HMS Beagle<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen we think of Darwin\u2019s voyage, we automatically think of the Galapagos Islands. But there is much more to his story. At the age of 22, an English naturalist and geologist left on a voyage around the world, which eventually resulted in his book describing his revolutionary new theory of natural selection. Nearly 200 years later, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esriurl.com\/darwin\">this map tour <\/a>recounts his epic journey\u200a\u2014\u200ain his own words, and using period imagery.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5047\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/esripm.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTour\/index.html?appid=dee8797954fe4526953075225c26646c&amp;webmap=76376de01e52424f873862c8226c75b0\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5047 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Real Pirates of the Caribbean<\/strong><br \/>\nSo much more than an entertaining ride at Disneyland, <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamaps.esri.com\/real-pirates-of-the-caribbean\/\">this interactive map<\/a> lets you explore the travels and exploits of five real pirates of the Caribbean. For example, did you know that Blackbeard\u2019s real name was Edward Teach, and that most of his exploits took place not in the Caribbean, but off the eastern coast of the US?<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5048\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamaps.esri.com\/real-pirates-of-the-caribbean\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/05\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image to view the interactive map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/gallery\/#s=0&amp;md=storymaps-community:history\" target=\"_blank\">See more story maps about history<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/\">Learn more how you can tell your story more effectively with maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[276562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5039","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytelling-maps"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seven maps that will change the way you look at history<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/seven-maps-that-will-change-the-way-you-look-at-history\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seven maps that will change the way you look at history\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maps are powerful tools for answering questions, solving problems, advancing our understanding, and communicating more effective stories. 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