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| A Brief History of Florida
A concise history of the state "from the stone age to the space age" by the Florida Department of State's Division of Historical Resources.
http://www.flheritage.com/facts/history/summary/
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Review It | | Emanuel Point Shipwreck
An underwater wreck thought to be from Tristan de Luna's 1559 expedition which sunk off the tip of Santa Rosa Island. The wreck is still being explored by state and university underwater archeologists with volunteer help. Includes virtual tour.
http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/projects/shipwrecks/emanuelpoint/
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Review It | | Find A Grave By State: Florida
Locate the graves of notable people throughout the state. Includes many photographs, biographies, and visitor comments plus links to famous sites in other states.
http://www.findagrave.com/state/11.html
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Review It | | Florida et Apalche
1597 map by Flemish mapmaker Cornelius Wytfliet.
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/crossroads/ex026_06a.html
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Review It | | Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
Folksongs, folktales, and life histories of African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout the state, recorded under the auspices of the WPA arts projects in Florida.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/
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Review It | | Florida Historic Maps, 1836-1900
Multi-resolution maps from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(STATE+florida)+@field(COLLID+rrmap))
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Review It | | Florida Historical Contexts
A multimedia presentation on the history of aboriginal Florida.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/contexts/
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Review It | | Florida Historical Societies
Locate address information (including web site links) for historical societies in each county within the state of Florida.
http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-FL-NDX.html
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Review It | | Florida Historical Society
Cultural organization. Bookstore, journeys for the junior historian, family history, library, Florida Historical Quarterly, research requests and membership.
http://florida-historical-soc.org/
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Review It | | Florida History Internet Center
A history of Florida and guide to historic sites across the state, with detailed timeline from 1497 to the present day.
http://www.floridahistory.org
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Review It | | Florida Kids
A place for Florida kids to learn, explore, and amuse themselves with Florida history & education.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/
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Review It | | Florida Military Collection
Established and maintained by the Suncoast Chapter of the Association of the United States Army for ROTC and history students at the University of Tampa.
http://snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us/utlibrary/FlaMilco.htm
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Review It | | Florida Newspaper Project
Florida newspapers are being cataloged to full level CONSER standards. Microfilm of newspapers is produced to national preservation standards.
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/flnews/
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Review It | | Florida State Archives
Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, and other state archives.
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa.html
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Review It | | Guide to Modern Florida History
A brief guide to the state in the 20th century, with an emphasis on the political and social history.
http://www.nettally.com/JAG/new5576GuidetoModernFloridaHistory.htm
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Review It | | Mission San Luis
The Florida Department of State describes the early settlement and capital of La Florida from 1656 to 1704. Includes reconstructions of Apalachee buildings.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/archaeology/sanluis/
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Review It | | NASA Manned Missions
Historical archives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/inforcenter/history/history.html
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Review It | | Society of Florida Archivists
Academics, librarians, government officials and individuals working to preserve documents of historical value including papers, maps, photos, films, audio recordings and electronic records. Newsletter, listserv, annual conference, membership application.
http://www.florida-archivists.org/
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Review It | | Special Collections, University of North Florida
Among others, includes major manuscript and biographical collections about Eartha M. M. White (prominent African-American), Arthur N. Sollee, Sr. (engineer and planner for Jacksonville), and legislators Joe Carlucci and John E. Mathews, Jr.
http://www.unf.edu/library/per/papers.html
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