Global Commodities
HIS246: The World That Trade Created
In this class we look at fifteen major commodities that changed the economic landscape of the modern world: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine. Then we will take one step further, using ArcGIS to translate our book knowledge into creative digital maps.
British Challenge to Spain for Gold in the Late 16th Century
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M012 Creator: Yoo Sang Jo ’19 East Asian Studies At the end of the 16th century, Spain…
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The Global Slave Trade 15th – 19th Century
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M011 Creator: Charles Gould ’20, History & Computer Science
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Trans-Atlantic Triangular Sugar Trades
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M010 Creator: Gi Moon Kim ’20 Biochemistry
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British Empire of a Foreign Drink
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M008 Creator: Xufeng Ma ’19 East Asian Studies Tea has been a drink deeply related to British…
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The Sun that Never Sets: British Timber in the 18th – 20th Century
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M007 Creator: Jesse Klauber ’21 International Relations Following the collapse of their colonial structure, the British found…
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Opium Production After Opium War
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M006 Creator: Jinyeong Yim ’19 Cell & Development Cultivated from pre-historic times, opium is arguably the oldest…
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Principle French and English Settlements and Fur Trading Territories 1665 – 1755
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M005 Creator: Sophia McRae ’19 History These maps portray two major phases of the North American fur…
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Spice Trade Map of Dutch East East India Company and British India Company
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M004 Creator: Doyoung Ahn ’19 East Asian Studies This map is about the spice trade of Dutch…
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The Cotton Triangle
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M009 Creator: Joshua Allon ’21 History Cotton had humble beginnings in both India and Lancashire. However, over…
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Millenia of Growth: When the World’s Top 20 Coffee Producers Began Cultivating Coffee
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M002 Creator: Louis Herman ’20 Political Science This map shows the diverse and global history of coffee.…
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360 Years of Western Anti-Tobacco Literature
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M003 Creator: Charles Gould ’20 History & Environmental Science This map depicts the publication dates of pieces…
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Mapping British Wine Imports in 1790 and 1869
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M001 Creator: Joseph Evan Gray ’18 Urban Planning Wine filled the amphoras, bowls, and glasses of the…
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