History storytelling with Esri’s Story Maps application

Maps have always played an important role in communicating human histories. The maps and charts produced during the voyages of Captain Cook or Abel Tasman, for example, provide invaluable historical insight into the early European explorations of our nation. It is through examining the ever-changing map of Europe that the rise and fall of great civilisations, the development of the nationstate and the political and territorial consequences of successive wars can be explored. Even in today's increasingly globalised world, maps remain an important window into both the past and the present, helping people to identify who they are and where they are in this world.