Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in Florida located on Tampa Bay on the western side of the Florida peninsula. Fort Brooke was established in 1824 shortly after the United States acquired Florida from Spain. The city was a frontier outpost for a long time. Tampa has long been influenced by the large Cuban population in the area and the many cigar factories, many of which were located in famed Ybor City.
Where in the World Are We?
To practice creating a Map Place Pin on an existing map, create a place pin for where you are right now. Include a couple of sentences about your location. (I have provided an example.)
Tour Dutt's travels
This map traces the travels of the Bengali poet Toru Dutt, who was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), India in 1856. She died there in 1877, but in her short life she lived in Calcutta and Bombay (Mumbai) in India, in Marseilles and Nice (France), and in London, Cambridge, and Hastings in England. On her journey to England, she travelled through the Middle East (West Asia from an Indian perspective) to arrive at Marseilles.
The Portrait of Mr. W.H.
“The Portrait of Mr W. H.” was first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889 as a short story dealing with forgery, literary interpretation, and Shakespeare’s Sonnets. After its initial publication, Wilde drafted an expanded version that would have been entitled The Incomparable and Ingenious History of Mr W.H; however, it was lost for over twenty years following his bankruptcy sale. The manuscript came to light when it was published by Mitchell Kennerley in 1921 as The Portrait of Mr W.H., now doubled in size.
Marylebone
Marylebone is located in London's West End and is named for a church of St. Mary at the Bourne, having been built on the bank of the stream, Tybourne (or Tyburn). It is currently part of the City of Westminster. In the eighteenth century, the area was home to the popular pleasure gardens, Marylebone Gardens, as well as the dueling grounds, Marlebone Fields.
Exhibition Map: The Brownings in Our World
This interactive map allows you to explore places related to exhibits in "The Brownings in Our World," an online exhibition created by students in a senior seminar on the Brownings (ENG 4364), taught by Dr. Joshua King at Baylor University in the fall of 2020. Click on the pins in the map to view locations and learn more about them.