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People,
Places and Biographies
Biography
- Biography.com--Search
through 15,000 biographies of notable personalities from
antiquity to the present. Check out video clips from
A&E's Biography series or challenge your mind with a
biography anagram game. Biography.com is full of
creatively entertaining content. A terrific site with
lots of information!
- Notable
Citizens of Planet Earth-
A searchable biographical dictionary with over 18,000
entries for rich, famous, and historically relevant
figures. Each listing in the dictionary includes variants
of the person's name, their occupation, and the major
dates in that person's life.
- National
Inventors Hall of Fame--This
is the on-line version of our book about the National
Inventors Hall of Fame. It allows you to do an electronic
search on inventors in the hall of fame and their
inventions.
- The
Nobel Prize Internet
Archive-
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Welcome to the Nobel Prize Internet Archive! You can
click on any Nobel category (literature, physics,
chemistry, peace, economics, or physiology &
medicine) to see an annotated, hyperlinked list of all
Nobel laureates in that category.
People
and Places
- PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD-Links
to information about different people and cultures around
the world. Another Encyberpedia 5 star
site!
- Encyclopedia
Mythica-
an on-line encyclopedia on mythology, folklore,
mysticism, and more.
- Geopedia®
On-line
Each country profile provides facts and data on
geography, climate, people, religion, language, history
and economy. A good resource!
- CAPITALS.COM-Links
to information about capitals around the world.
- Encyberpedia's
Maps and Geography-
The largest and most complete map website on the Internet
with maps of the United States of America, US State maps,
USCity maps, US Regional Maps, World Maps, Foreign
Countries, Foreign Countries - City Maps, Interactive
Maps,Java Interactive Maps, VRML Interactive Maps,
Animations, Historical Maps, Exhibits/Collections, and
more!!!
- Pig's
Eye's Notepad
- An historical encyclopedia of the persons and places in
St. Paul, Minnesota (USA) from its beginnings in 1830
until its incorporation in 1850.
- Guide
to the Great Sioux
Nation
Includes an Overview, Milestones, Landmarks and Legends,
Artifacts, Art, Powwows, Points of Interest, and the
different tribes.
- Date
and Time Gateway
- This current time to major cities around the
world.
- World
Population Information
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Including the World POP Clock and the World Population
Profile: 1996 is the latest published compendium and
analysis of data on population, fertility, mortality,
contraceptive use and related demographic topics by the
U.S. Census Bureau.
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