Tag: Canada (country, North America)*
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The distribution and spread of COVID-19 and SARS cases
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M173 Creator: Yuqing Zhai ’22 Digital Media Studies This map shows a comparison between the distribution and spread of COVID19 and SARS cases, supplementing with a focused map of Asia (sharing the same legend). We can see both viruses were started in China: Guangdong and Hubei. The points on the map are regions…
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AIDS Response US vs. Canada (The First 5 Years)
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M171 Creator: Josh Allon ’21 History The points illustrated represent various events that occurred in each country in approximately the first five years after each nation discovered their first cases of AIDS (not necessarily meaning they knew they were cases of AIDS at the time). The types of events represented by these points…
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Smallpox and the Cold War
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M100 Creator: Yuan Shang ’21 Health, Behavior & Society and Brain & Cognitive Science Smallpox is a fatal contagious disease caused by Variola major/minor viruses and spread through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath. In the 20th Century alone, more than 300 million people died of Smallpox. Only…
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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 trade up to 1755. The first map captures the earliest settlements and exploration of the east coast of North America by the mercantile powers of England, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The largest portion of…