Select a place on the map, or search below, to see details here.
Display customization
Point markers, cap at
Beyond the cap, falls back to the default clustered view instead of forcing every match onto the map.
Lines/arrows shown
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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Campaigns & Categories
Selecting a campaign draws its documented journey (from real letter-to-letter transitions) and highlights its milestone places. This never hides the other 530 places — it's a highlight, not a filter.
Categories (highlight only)
Proposed Residencies
24 windows across 8 locations, derived from letter-clustering (dense correspondence with no gap over a year). Not independently corroborated — proxy evidence only, not yet promoted into the confirmed residency table. Review each in context before deciding.
Tags
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
Boundaries
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.