World Historical Gazeteer

Collection of content and services that permit world historians to do spatial and temporal reasoning and visualization in a data rich environment at global and trans-regional scales.

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Why it matters

WHG links historical place records across datasets, languages, and periods, with map-based search, metadata views, and downloadable collections.

It is especially helpful for spatial history work that needs place reconciliation, geocoding, or teaching materials for connecting historical geography to broader research questions.

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