Country collections
History has many maps.
Explore political leaders, business builders, athletes and cultural figures through the countries and historical contexts that shaped their lives.
Japan archive
Japan
78 documented lives connecting engineering, literature, film, education and physics with their historical settings.
South Korea archive
South Korea
73 documented lives in democratic change, enterprise, literature and crop research, with related research guides.
Nigeria archive
Nigeria
63 documented lives connecting literature, scholarship, industry and public institutions with their historical settings.
Kenya archive
Kenya
77 documented lives in environmental action, scientific research, literature and enterprise, with related source-reading guides.
Ireland archive
Ireland
83 documented lives in public service, enterprise, literature and scientific scholarship, with related research guides.
New Zealand archive
New Zealand
70 documented lives connecting campaigns, research, literature and engineering across New Zealand and the wider world.
Canada archive
Canada
109 source-led biographies connecting political institutions, enterprise and creative work with Canadaโs history and lives across borders.
India archive
India
129 source-led biographies connecting politics, enterprise and cultural work with colonial history, the republic and lives across borders.
United Kingdom archive
United Kingdom
128 source-led biographies connecting political decisions, enterprise and creative work with their historical settings.
Beyond Southeast Asia
United States
164 source-led biographies connecting public service, enterprise and creative work with American history and lives that cross the Pacific.
First country archive
Malaysia
224 source-led biographies across politics, business, sport and culture, connected to national history and regional stories from Sabah and Sarawak.
Second country archive
Singapore
124 source-led biographies connecting public leadership and the shared Malaysia years with global business, sport, music and film.
Third country archive
Indonesia
119 source-led biographies connecting independence and national development with technology, Olympic achievement, literature, music and film.
Fourth country archive
Thailand
118 source-led biographies connecting constitutional change and family enterprise with Olympic achievement, cinema, music and Muay Thai.
Fifth country archive
Philippines
223 source-led biographies connecting reform, revolution and democratic struggle with mass enterprise, Olympic breakthroughs, cinema, theatre and visual art.
Sixth country archive
Vietnam
83 source-led biographies connecting revolution and state-building with technology, consumer enterprise, Olympic firsts, spiritual practice, cinema and digital music.
Seventh country archive
Cambodia
51 source-led biographies connecting independence and constitutional monarchy with postwar enterprise, sporting firsts and cultural survival.
Eighth country archive
Laos
40 source-led biographies connecting independence and revolution with market reform, para-sport breakthroughs and creative work across the Lao diaspora.
Ninth country archive
Brunei
40 source-led biographies connecting monarchy, constitutional change and independence with enterprise, Olympic firsts and regional culture.
Tenth country archive
Myanmar
77 source-led biographies connecting independence and parliamentary government with military rule, enterprise, international sport and cultural resistance.
Eleventh country archive
Timor-Leste
40 source-led biographies connecting resistance and restored independence with private enterprise, Olympic firsts, literature, music and the land.
Compare all 1139 biographies across eleven connected country archives, with shared-history collections keeping regional links visible.
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