Geography Chapters

The largely forgotten fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin is much-more deadly than the fire in Chicago.

Sir Francis Drake sets old ships on fire to send towards the enemy; the Spanish panic, and the ensuing Battle of Gravelines uses up ammunition on both...

AnItalian team is the first to reach the second highest point on earth, K2, in the summer of 1954.

By the mid-1800s, Five Points (at the intersection of Park, Worth and Baxter Streets) is known as New York City's most notorious slum neighborhood.

Bundy and McNamara insist that America go in fighting; the Vietnamese only want peace, but cannot defeat Viet Cong without American help.

Since the death of her father, Katniss is responsible for hunting and gathering food for her families even though the government forbids it.

Governments ration food and many other items during both world wars.

Many Russians free from German concentration camps must enter "Labor Camps" when they return home.

Bacteria from a bee in amber has been revived; however, science cannot yet revive an extinct animal.

The English begin the Siege of Orleans in 1428. The French believe the English are unbeatable and feel there is no one to lead the people.

Frances Mayes, the author of her memoirs Under the Tuscan Sun, splits her time between San Francisco and Tuscany.

John Franklin, his two ships (Erebus and Terror) and his crew disappear. Searchers later find well-preserved mummified remains which provide clues why...