Welcome to Colonial Networks: Provenance Stories

Quick tips to explore the map, timeline, and networks:

Map

• Click a circle marker to see provenance events for that place.
• Markers with a small badge show how many events are linked to that location.
• Dashed red lines show movement from one place to another for an event.
• Gray route lines indicate related connections. You can click a route to open its event.

Provenance panel

• Use the left and right arrows to move between events.
• Click the event thumbnail to open a larger image with source details.
• Magnify network: use the “enlarge” button to open an interactive view of the event’s network.

Timeline

• The horizontal timeline lists all events in order.
• Click any timeline card to open that event.
• Prev / Next buttons scroll the timeline.

Provenance text

• Clickable provenance sentences will jump to the matching story.
• Related items in the text and timeline highlight together so you can track context.

Social network view

• Open the Show Social Network view to see people and relationships.
• Zoom and pan with your mouse or trackpad; drag nodes to adjust layout.
• Hover a node to focus its connections. Use Reset Zoom to return to the default view.

You can reopen these instructions anytime using the small icon in the bottom right.