Select a place on the map, or search below, to see details here.
Select a place with letters to view them here.
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Point markers, cap at
Beyond the cap, falls back to the default clustered view instead of forcing every match onto the map.
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Search/campaign paths: the N closest ahead of the current nav position. Timeline mode: N on EACH side of the current letter (chronologically, not geographically).
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Fade — furthest
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Selecting a campaign draws its documented journey (from real letter-to-letter transitions) and highlights its milestone places. This never hides the other places on the map — it's a highlight, not a filter.
Categories (highlight only)
From day_index_pipeline's own research pass, not a letter-density guess: each period requires an independent, sourced, single-location consensus (a garrison posting, an institutional enrollment, a confinement) — a moving/marching stretch is explicitly excluded regardless of how tempting the gap-filling looks. Probable, not documented day-by-day — see each period's own rationale.
77 controlled-vocabulary tags across People, Events, and Themes. Selecting tags restricts the map to places with at least one matching letter — a filter, not a highlight. Multiple tags in the same group are OR'd together; across groups, it's AND (e.g. Davout OR Berthier, AND Peninsular War).
People
Events
Themes
Political boundaries and France-relationship categories, 1769–1830. Not all territories are covered continuously — see the coverage note below rather than assuming a blank map means nothing changed. Click any shape on the map for its date/geometry confidence and precision.
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Unlinked — use the chain toggle in the bar at the bottom of the map to re-link, or set the boundary date there directly.
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Territories (click for full history)
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