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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
“Renaissance Baedeker”
I first learned about the 15th century incunabula Mirabilia Romae while I was researching a magazine article on the history of the travel guidebook. One of the earliest European printed guidebooks, the Mirabilia Urbis Romaea is a geographically arranged inventory of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Europe, History, Museums, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Incunabula, Rome
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Spooky Times
It’s that spooky time of the year here in North America. Folks in the U.S. alone will be spending close to $13 billion on holiday decorations, costumes, candy, and parties. I recently spent an afternoon visiting a nearby town that … Continue reading
Airport Affairs
As international airports go, New Zealand’s Dunedin International is a very small affair. I felt quite foolish showing up two hours ahead of time for my flight from Dunedin to Auckland since there was just one other flight that morning … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Air New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Trans-Global Express
If you love train travel as much as I do, I’m certain that you will enjoy this charming, award-winning film about international train travel. Alan Dransfield had an inspiration for “Trans-Global Express” and here is his story: “A tapestry of … Continue reading
Frankenstein Season
The Frankenstein Varorium is an online tool which allows the user to explore the iconic Science Fiction novel’s text through its various incarnations, allowing the user to select individual passages and see how they have evolved through different revisions of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Morgan Library & Museum, Science fiction
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“Get on the stick”
While I was watching the new Marvel spin-off TV series “Agatha All Along”, which revolves around a coven of witches, I wondered when witches were first depicted flying on broomsticks. Thanks to the net the answer involved the image pictured … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Europe, Film, History
Tagged Marvel, Television, witchcraft, witches
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Geography Is Destiny
I am an open Geography nerd and have been since childhood. One of my most treasured possessions as a kid was my globe. And, my favorite game was actually called “Geography”. So, it will come as no surprise that I … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Maps, Middle East, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged Geography, YouTube
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Do we ever really learn from history
LEARNING FROM HISTORY David Ferry They said, my saints, my slogan-sayers sang, Be good, my child, in spite of all alarm. They stood, my fathers, tall in a row and said, Be good, be brave, you shall not come to … Continue reading
Every October it becomes important, no, necessary
Leaves by Lloyd Schwartz 1 Every October it becomes important, no, necessary to see the leaves turning, to be surrounded by leaves turning; it’s not just the symbolism, … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 