http://unimaps.com/cuba-crisis/mainmap.gif
This is a site with a map that explains the location, events, and some of the implications of the Cuban Missile Crisis (how far the missiles could reach and what US cities could have been wiped out etc.). Unimaps.com is a site with no guarantees on accuracy, which is a definite limitation when using the source, but all the information provided in the image, except for the perimeter of the missiles' range (which is supposed to represent "medium range missiles", so maybe the full-range ones would have reached closer to california). They claim all the text below the image is from the Marxist Internet Archive.
It connects to what we're studying because it relates to the role of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the development of the Cold War (such close missiles increased tension, etc.). It enhances what we've learned by providing visual geographical context and a summary for/of the Crisis.
Another limitation besides the uncertainty of the source is that the map is cut off and the whole extent of the possible damage to the US that the missiles could have done cannot be seen with this image.
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