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Formed in 1848 from Cabell, Mason and Kanawha Counties, Putnam County, Virginia, was part of the Old Dominion until June 20, 1863, when West Virginia was admitted into the Union as the thirty-fifth state. Citizens of Putnam County were intensely divided during the Civil War, it is estimated that 52% of the white male population served in the Confederacy and 48% in the Union Army. Accessible transportation routes on the James River and Kanawha ...

Formed in 1848 from Cabell, Mason and Kanawha Counties, Putnam County, Virginia, was part of the Old Dominion until June 20, 1863, when West Virginia was admitted into the Union as the thirty-fifth state. Citizens of Putnam County were intensely divided during the Civil War, it is estimated that 52% of the white male population served in the Confederacy and 48% in the Union Army. Accessible transportation routes on the James River and Kanawha ...

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Although rarely discussed by historians, events on North Carolina's southeastern coast during the months of January to April 1861 challenge the popular narrative that the Civil War began with President Abraham Lincoln's call for 75, 000 volunteers following the attack on Fort Sumter. Treason on the Cape Fear demonstrates that hostilities were already in progress well before Lincoln's inauguration on March 4, 1861. Shortly after South Carolin...

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Der Pazifische Ozean bedeckt fast ein Drittel der Erdoberfläche und doch wissen wir nur wenig über die Völker und Kulturen, deren Leben ganz vom Wasser bestimmt wird. Phillip Hatfield erzählt erstmals die Geschichte der wunderbaren Inselwelt. Karten, Dokumente, Objekte und Fotografien machen die Entdeckungsreise auch zu einem visuellen Abenteuer. Vom Australien bis zu den winzigen Atollen und Riffen des Südpazifik hatten die Anrainerstaaten ei...

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This visually stunning publication highlights the importance of an ocean that covers very nearly a third of the surface of the globe, and which has dramatically shaped the world and people around it.

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A visual history of Arctic exploration and how it has shaped the modern world.