http://www.metafilter.com/tags/africanhistory Posts tagged with 'africanhistory' at MetaFilter. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:26:14 -0800 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:26:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/61983/Historic%2Dmaps%2Dand%2Dphotos%2Dof%2DAfrica Northwestern University hosts a fine collection of <a href="http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/winterton/index.html">historic East African photographs</a>, viewable as <a href="http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/winterton/sampleimages/photographs/index.html">sample sets</a> or in their <a href="http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/winterton/sampleimages/albumscans/index.html">original photo-albums</a> <small>(requires flash)</small>. But the real prize is their wonderful collection of <a href="http://fedora.library.northwestern.edu/fedora/get/inu:AfriMapsXSL/inu:NWUCollectionBDef/getNUSearch?NUSEARCH_SORTBY=title&NUSEARCH_QUERY=&NUSEARCH_TYPE=browse&NUSEARCH_START=0&CLEAR_CACHE=yes">113 historic maps of Africa</a>, which are zoomable to <a href="http://ansel.library.northwestern.edu/ImageServer/index.jsp?action=thumbclick&res=3&x=3382&y=2538&viewheight=512&viewwidth=512&rotation=0&fullimage=false&rootelement=&stylesheetpath=&useplugin=false&title=A+new+&filename=%2Fdimages%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fafrmaps%2Finu-afrmap-4283019-recto-ah.jp2&returnurl=&imgclickx=4406&imgclicky=3562&vpContentsOffsetX=0&vpContentsOffsetY=0&requestId=7&previousRes=3&+accurate+map+of+Negroland%FD=&thumbnailActionSelect=thumbclick&imageActionSelect=imageclick%2Czoomin&thumbnail.x=39&thumbnail.y=58">incredible detail</a>, also <a href="http://ansel.library.northwestern.edu/ImageServer/index.jsp?action=thumbclick&res=3&x=8907&y=1828&viewheight=512&viewwidth=512&rotation=0&fullimage=false&rootelement=&stylesheetpath=&useplugin=false&title=Abissinorum+Sive&filename=%2Fdimages%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fafrmaps%2Finu-afrmap-3805126-recto-ah.jp2&returnurl=&imgclickx=9931&imgclicky=2852&vpContentsOffsetX=0&vpContentsOffsetY=0&requestId=11&previousRes=3&thumbnailActionSelect=thumbclick&imageActionSelect=imageclick%2Czoomin&thumbnail.x=98&thumbnail.y=32">1</a>, <a href="http://ansel.library.northwestern.edu/ImageServer/index.jsp?action=thumbclick&res=4&x=5103&y=2756&viewheight=512&viewwidth=512&rotation=0&fullimage=false&rootelement=&stylesheetpath=&useplugin=false&title=Africae+nova+descriptio&filename=%2Fdimages%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fafrmaps%2Finu-afrmap-3805125-sheet1-recto-ah.jp2&returnurl=&imgclickx=7151&imgclicky=4804&vpContentsOffsetX=0&vpContentsOffsetY=0&requestId=6&previousRes=3&thumbnailActionSelect=thumbclick&imageActionSelect=imageclick%2Czoomin&thumbnail.x=72&thumbnail.y=52">2</a>, <a href="http://ansel.library.northwestern.edu/ImageServer/index.jsp?action=thumbclick&res=3&x=6388&y=784&viewheight=512&viewwidth=512&rotation=0&fullimage=false&rootelement=&stylesheetpath=&useplugin=false&title=Barbaria+%282+maps%29&filename=%2Fdimages%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fafrmaps%2Finu-afrmap-4168363-recto-ah.jp2&returnurl=&imgclickx=7412&imgclicky=1808&vpContentsOffsetX=0&vpContentsOffsetY=0&requestId=4&previousRes=4&thumbnailActionSelect=thumbclick&imageActionSelect=imageclick%2Czoomin&thumbnail.x=84&thumbnail.y=62">3</a>. <small> <a href="http://elburlador.blogspot.com/">via</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61983 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:26:14 -0800 Africa AfricanHistory cartography historicmaps historicphotographs History maps photographs photos Rumple http://www.metafilter.com/47152/Museum%2Dof%2Dthe%2DAfrican%2DDiaspora <a href="http://www.moadsf.org/index.html">MoAD</a> is San Francisco's newest museum. The Museum of the African Diaspora is the latest addition to the SOMA neighborhood's expanding cultural riches, and promises to be fascinating (and, as far as I can tell, unique in the world). <small>[more inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47152 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:08:21 -0800 Africa africanhistory civilization evolution human museum trip and a half http://www.metafilter.com/25625/The%2DStory%2Dof%2DAfrica <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index.shtml">The Story of Africa</a> , courtesy of the BBC World Service. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25625 Wed, 07 May 2003 10:29:28 -0800 africa africanhistory bbc history plep