Eric Sanderson, an ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, bought historical maps of what the British soldiers saw surrounding them during their occupation of Manhattan during the Revolutionary War. ... (Peter Miller, National Geographic 2009)" What Sanderson did was take one particular map from his collection, dated c. 1782-1783, that was uniquely detailed due to its' use by the British soldiers during the war. ...

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Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regarding Soviet Russian history. This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. However, while a variety of sources were available regarding his Western counterpa...

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