Category Archives: Maps

Game of the World

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Created in 1645 by Pierre Du Val, Le Jeu du Monde is one of the oldest known geographic board games. The purpose of the 17th century French board game is to progress from the North Pole to the center of … Continue reading →

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Wonderground

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

This pictorial map of London was originally published in 1914 as an advertising poster for the London Underground. The design became very popular with the public and was published in several different editions. It is credited with reviving Tube travel as well as … Continue reading →

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Saturday Sundries

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

I won’t be spending my summer this year riding the rails in Europe, but I can still torture myself by reading articles about luxury trains and gourmet food. You can too, if you check out this excellent piece from the … Continue reading →

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Is It Safe

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Over the years I have heard from a number of Travel Between The Pages readers who have asked if it was safe to visit the United States. With the caveat that most North American cities have no-go neighborhoods, I have … Continue reading →

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Decoding the Heavens

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

“The Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) by the German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer Petrus Apianus was used by the privileged – including the Holy Roman emperor Charles V, who commissioned it, and the Tudor king Henry VIII – to find guidance, knowledge and fate in the stars. … Continue reading →

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How we communicate

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Based on analytics, thousands of subscribers to Travel Between The Pages follow the blog in dozens of nations around the globe. It’s all made possible by an ever-growing number of undersea cables that carry digital signals around the world. Every … Continue reading →

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Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Film studio “Animācijas Brigāde” is a stop motion puppet animation film studio, producing puppet films and commercials. Working in classic stop motion technique, the Riga-based studio was founded in 1966 by a puppet film and theater director Arnolds Burovs and since … Continue reading →

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Slightly bigger than my home library

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

I have been waiting for my personal invitation to visit the extraordinary Walker Library of the Human Imagination in Ridgefield, Connecticut, but alas it does not seem to be forthcoming. However, I have discovered that it’s possible to take a virtual … Continue reading →

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Miscellany Monday

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

I usually lament the loss of dozens of New York City bookstores of my youth, but there some great shops still standing and, in recent years, a renaissance in bookselling has resulted in an optomistic turn for bibliophiles. Check out … Continue reading →

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Der Kluge Reist Im Zuge (The wise travel in the train)

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

If you’ve been here before, you probably know by now that I am a sucker for a classic travel poster. I recently spotted the poster above titled Der Kluge Reist Im Zuge (The wise travel in the train) which was created … Continue reading →

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