Billed as part travel guide and part cultural, historical reference, it explores history, art and architecture, furniture and antiques, cooking, immigration, and English words of Dutch origin.

FORBES: History Buff Alert! Staten Island And Dutch New York

Johnson as an author (as he is in person) is an affable guide to this topic and delivers his advice with balance, wit, Southern charm and an eye for the oddball historical reference.

FORBES: Connect

In response to the historical reference to the U.S. Naval fleet that opened up Japan to the West in 1853, Mr. Son, who aggressively sought out Apple to bring the iPhone and now the iPad to the carrier's network, wrote back: "Indeed!"

WSJ: Japan's iPad Frenzy Signals a Sea Change

Although the path was created with reference to as many historical resources as possible, Davidson acknowledged there are inevitably some differences.

BBC: Following in the Bard��s footsteps �C literally

The Historical Association told the BBC the reference to King John was not in its lesson plan but in an article it had published, in which the point was to show pupils that film depictions of historical figures "may not be a true representation of the past".

BBC: Gove criticises 'Mr Men' history teaching

Now, "there are lots of little cottages with names and lots of puns, " says Bert Lippincott, reference librarian at the Newport Historical Society.

WSJ: A House by Any Other Name

The company also owns baseball-reference.com, the go-to spot for current and historical data sought out by baseball nuts.

FORBES: Fantasy Sports

"Remember the sword of your great-grandfather Ali, " in reference to the man who is regarded by the Shiites as their historical religious authority.

CNN: Saddam urges battle for every road

Private-equity executive David Rubenstein gave the first known map of the U.S. made after the Revolution to the Library of Congress and not the National Archives, as was incorrectly implied in one reference in a U.S. News article on Monday about Mr. Rubenstein's purchases of historical papers.

WSJ: Corrections & Amplifications