This is a page listing various resources dealing with Polish history, geography and related topics and subjects. Resources range from website and online article links to lists of recommended non-fiction bibliography.
Baltic Connections Project - Uncovering the common past of the countries around the Baltic Sea (1450-1800).
Historical Maps of the Habsburg Empire - A highly detailed database site.
Maps.hungaricana.hu - Fully scrollable, zoomable, searchable, in-depth historical maps of different territories of the Habsburg empire, Austria-Hungary and other parts of Europe. Layered viewing, based on maps from a particular era, is also readily available.
FEEFHS Map Room - 50 detailed maps of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, the Balkans, and the Baltics from the 1882 Blackie and Sons atlas, all available at the site of the Federation of East European Family History Societies. The same site also includes a nice Genealogy Resource Directory.
Late Triassic dinosaur−dominated ichnofauna from the Tomanová Formation of the Tatra Mountains - Dinosaur footprint fossils from the Slovak and Polish Tatras. Downloadable .pdf article.
English to Polish online dictionary
Minor languages and distinct ethnolects in Poland:
- Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi jãzëk) - Kashubian (kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa, język kaszubski, język pomorski, język kaszubsko-słowiński) - Kashubian phrases - Kashubian numbers - English to Kashubian online dictionary
- Silesian (ślůnsko godka, ślůnski) - Silesian (Upper Silesian, ślōnskŏ gŏdka, ślůnsko godka, język śląski, etnolekt śląski, Wasserpolnisch) - Silesian ortography and grammar basics - English to Silesian online dictionary
- Silesian German (Schläsche Sproache, Schläs'sche Sproche)
- Slovincian (Słowińcë, Słowińcy, Slowinzen, Lebakaschuben)
- Wymysorys (Vilamovian, Wilamowicean) - English to Wymysorys online dictionary
Medieval Baltic Ships - Traditions and constructional aspects - Detailed science paper on medieval ship types and shipbuilding techniques used in lands around the Baltic Sea during the Middle Ages. Also available as a .pdf here.
Photos of Polish rail vehicles and rolling stock, courtesy of Phil Richards