North America wasn’t the only country with shifting ... But, elsewhere, whole parts of the Earth were missing. The map of 1812 was shorter than the world as we know it. The North was cut off ...

The War of 1812, often overlooked in American history, was sparked by grievances against Great Britain, including impressment of American sailors and British occupation of forts. Despite initial ...

Last fall, then-Gov. David Paterson vetoed legislation to promote the bicentennial of the misnamed War of 1812, much of which was fought along New York’s northern border in 1813 and 1814.

A map published in the March 26, 1812 issue of The Boston Gazette added wings, claws, and fearsome teeth, along with a satirical “natural history” of the creature it called a “Gerry-mander.” ...

The victory helped rally American spirits and persuade Congress to spend $2.5 million — about $34 million in today’s dollars — to build more warships. In the fall of 1812, the British began ...

The indispensable Library of America has produced a valuable collection of documents and contemporary accounts of the War of 1812. The war was ostensibly fought over British attempts to restrict U.S.

It's important to realize, Weeks writes, that "after the Treaty of Ghent the search for new markets became the explicit aim of American foreign policy." Kagan agrees: "the War of 1812 spurred the ...