World Historical Gazetteer

linking knowledge about the past via place

The World Historical Gazetteer is a platform for linking records about historical places, allowing people to make spatial connections across time and language. You can learn more about gazetteers, which are directories of named places, here .

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WHG Director Featured on Podcast World History Center Director Dr. Ruth Mostern was featured on an episode of "Educating to Be Human" Podcast where she discussed the World Historical Gazetteer.

New dataset contribution: Viabundus Browse over 10,000 places related to travel routes in Northern Europe from 1350-1650

Pleiades blog post about WHG! A guest post by Ruth Mostern and Karl Grossner in the Pleiades gazetteer "Projects and Partners" series.