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Making History; Creating a Landscape: The Portuguese American Community of Southeastern New England

Making History; Creating a Landscape: The Portuguese American Community of Southeastern New England

A masterful portrait of the landscape and history of Portuguese Americans the places they call home.

2018

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The One Minute Geographer: Shifting Planting Zones

Today the One Minute Geographer is looking at the impact of climate change on crop planting and gardening. We’ve all seen those planting…

Mar 8

The One Minute Geographer: Shifting Planting Zones

Mar 8

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The One Minute Geographer: Visit Real France an Hour from Canada

No, we’re not talking about Quebec and French Canada — great places. But we’re talking about real French territory and 6,000 citizens of…

Feb 22

The One Minute Geographer: Visit Real France an Hour from Canada

Feb 22

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The One Minute Geographer: The Alaska Top Ten

A Huge State. Alaska is about one-fifth the size of the continental USA — it’s two-and-a-half times the size of Texas. The dimensions of…

Dec 12, 2023

The One Minute Geographer: The Alaska Top Ten

Dec 12, 2023

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The One Minute Geographer: Two Islands, Two Different Worlds

Isle Royale and Drummond Island are both in northern Michigan but they are on different lakes and they are different worlds. Isle Royale…

Apr 21

The One Minute Geographer: Two Islands, Two Different Worlds

Apr 21

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The One Minute Geographer: Atlantic City Saga

Atlantic City is New Jersey’s gambling capital. Before casinos were legalized in Connecticut , Pennsylvania and other eastern states, it…

Sep 20, 2023

The One Minute Geographer: Atlantic City Saga

Sep 20, 2023

The One-Minute Geographer: This Fragile Earth (10) — The Seashore and the Four Spheres

One of the most exciting places on our Fragile Earth is the seashore. Most people, giving a quick answer to “what’s a seashore?” would say…

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Seagulls on a lonely beach. Photo from virginiabeach.com

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The One-Minute Geographer: Connecticut’s Surprising Economy

This is the third post in a series on Connecticut.

Dec 4

Aetna’s building in Hartford may be the country’s largest ‘colonial revival style’ building. Photo from ctmq.org.

Dec 4

Flipping the Texas Electoral Vote

On the map above, each of the three shades of blue shows states that are home to about one-third of the US population. The four states with…

Oct 25

A ma of US States of various shadings showing that each of the three shadings house about one-third of the US population. The four states with the dark blue shading have more than half (56%) of the 270 electoral votes a presidential candidate needs to win. Map by the author.

Oct 25

Portuguese Village: A Proposal for Fall River, Massachusetts

A lot of good things are happening in Fall River. After several decades of population decline, the city’s population rose from about 89,000…

Sep 27

The ships of Battleship Cove lie under the the Braga Bridge carrying I-195 across the Taunton River in Fall River. The round building to the left is the Carousel. The building in the foreground is the Fall River Heritage State Park Building housing exhibits. To the right is the start of the riverfront trail extending 1.7 miles to Bicentennial Park. Photo from cityoffallriver on facebook.com.

Sep 27

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The One-Minute Geographer: The Andes

Continuing our series on Latin America, we’ll start this overview of Latin America’s mountains by asking how they compare to other…

Sep 4

Mt. Alpamayo, Peru (19,511 ft, 5,947 m). Photo by Frank R 1981, on Wikipedia.

Sep 4

Jim Fonseca

Jim Fonseca

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Geography professor (retired) writes The One Minute Geographer featuring This Fragile Earth. Top writer in Transportation and, in past months, Travel.

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