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Map of The Olmec World and Its Mesoamerican Connections - Power, Resources, and Interaction Networks, c. 1500–400 BCE
The Olmec world developed in the tropical lowlands of present-day Veracruz and Tabasco during Mesoamerica’s Formative period (c. 1500–400 BCE). Major centers, including San Lorenzo (c. 1400–900 BCE), La Venta (c. 900–400 BCE), Laguna de los...
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Reviewing Plans
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, photograph by Imperial Japanese Navy, c. 1941. Photograph of Admiral Yamamoto, commander of Japan's Combined Fleet during the Second World War, reviewing war plans. His reservations about attacking the United States...
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, painting by Shugaku Homma, 1943. This official portrait of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto depicts him in his ceremonial Imperial Japanese Naval attire. He served as the commander of Japan's Combined Fleet during the Second...
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Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo
Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, photograph by the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1942. This portrait was taken during WWII while Nagumo was commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy First Air Fleet. His aerial divisions played a pivotal role in...
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Twelve Steels That Forged History - Metallurgical Revolutions That Changed Civilization.
Steel, an alloy of iron and carbon whose strength, hardness, and flexibility can be modified through composition and processing, has been one of humanity’s most transformative materials. From early bloomery production in the ancient Near...
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Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, 1861 - One of the Forts to Later Fire on Fort Sumter
Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, photograph by an unknown photographer, 1861. The fort was initially garrisoned by Union soldiers under Major Robert Anderson but was abandoned by him in December 1860 when he took up position...
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General Abner Doubleday
General Abner Doubleday, photograph by an unknown photographer, although likely either Mathew Brady or Levin Corbin Handy, 1855-1865. This portrait shows General Abner Doubleday, an officer of the US Army during the American Civil War, who...
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Aerial View of Pearl Harbour
An aerial view of the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Taken in October 1941.
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Map of Imperial Pacific Territories, 1939
A map of the Pacific Ocean territories and which imperial power controlled what in 1939.
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Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku
Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku (1884-1943), Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet and prime advocate of the attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii on 7 December 1941 which brought the United States into the Second World...
