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actvmaps builds interactive maps of historical lives, correspondence, and campaigns — every place and date traced back to primary-source research, not summarized secondhand. Each map is its own dedicated site, focused on one figure or period in depth.

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The Marches of Napoleon

15,706 letters and 589 places, mapped across the Napoleonic Wars

An interactive map of Napoleon's life and campaigns — tracking his day-by-day movements across his full 1769–1821 lifespan, with correspondence from 1793 to 1815 — built from primary-source letters and archival research.

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The Marches of Napoleon is the first in what's planned as a series of maps covering other historical figures and periods. Nothing to explore here yet beyond Napoleon's — check back as new maps go live.