HISTORY

The American Revolution: National Discussions of our Revolutionary Origins
http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/
This site was created as a complement to PBS's Liberty documentary series. It offers a chance to join in national discussions of American revolutionary origins.

The Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution
http://www.fsu.edu/~napoleon/
From Florida State University comes this site offering extensive Napoleonic Internet Links.

HISTORY and CULTURE

Pompeii Uncovered
http://www.eliki.com/ancient/civilizations/pompeii/
A complete site with many pictures, informative text, and links to other ancient sites. See Pompeiiís temples, people, homes, commercial buildings, and art.

Vesuvius, Italy
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html
This site covers the devastation caused by Mount Vesuvius, both at Pompeii and Herculeum.

BIOGRAPHY

Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/
The site offers a chronology of Benjamin Franklinís life and offers many references to his writings.

ARTS and ARCHITECTURE

Mozart's Magical Musical Life
http://stringsinthemountains.org/m2m/1once.htm
This entertaining site was created by the people at Strings in the Mountains, a music festival in the Rocky Mountains in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The reader takes a lighthearted textual and musical tour through the life of the great composer.

Views of St. Petersburg
http://www.unilib.neva.ru/city/views/home.html
This web site offers many photo images of St. Petersburg. See the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Summer Palace-Museum of Peter the Great, the Summer Gardens, the Winter Palace (the Hermitage), Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral, and many others.

GEOGRAPHY

Exploring the West from Monticello
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/home.html
Thomas Jefferson studied the history of geography. This site offers multimedia resources from the collection of explorers' accounts and maps in Jeffersonís personal library. Study the geography from the time of Columbus up to the expedition of Lewis and Clark.