Hamilton Was Here

iOS Universel / Education

Using gorgeously detailed period maps and artwork, the HAMILTON WAS HERE app grants you access to everywhere Hamilton traveled, lived, worked, politicked, and took to arms during his dramatic life and career. This visual and well-researched geographical compendium tells his story with information and context you won't find in any one other place. Whether you're part of the Broadway play fandom or a lover of American history, you will learn so much more about this historical figure and the world in which he lived. Take the app on a road trip or elevate your walking tour of New York City or Philadelphia! Make American history come to life for your children or students! Discover the sometimes surprising places Hamilton spent time. Was one them where you live right now?

Features:

• Four immersive, fully interactive period maps comprising the main theaters of Hamilton's life: mainland North America, New York City, Philadelphia, and the Caribbean.

• Tappable, glowing placemarkers for every location associated with Alexander Hamilton.

• Every single site of historical interest is accompanied by accurate and thoughtfully-sourced artwork depicting how it looked in Hamilton’s time.

• An in-depth article for every location, analyzing and commenting on the place’s significance from colonial times to today, and exactly why and when Hamilton was there—complete with verified quotes, granular dates, fascinating trivia, and insight from a New York Times bestselling author.

• Content not just on Hamilton but many of his contemporaries, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Aaron Burr, the Marquis de Lafayette, the Schuyler Sisters, generals and officers in the contemporary U.S. military. Wide-ranging subjects including the American Revolution, the evolution of the United States’ cities and towns, the French and Indian War, the writing of the U.S. Constitution, the Quasi-War with France, and the foundation of the modern American economy.

• Over eighty five locations, and counting! Including newly uncovered details about the location of events like Hamilton’s friend’s John Laurens duel with General Charles Lee outside Philadelphia!