History Atlas

Stratford-upon-Avon

England

Birthplace of William Shakespeare, the most influential writer in the English language. A quiet market town that produced the poet who gave the world Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear.

The atlas connects one figure with Stratford-upon-Avon: William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

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