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Tag Archives: Jules Verne
Around the world in just 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds
On this day in 1890, New York City police cleared a path through a cheering throng for reporter Nellie Bly as she stepped off a train just 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds after setting sail east … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne, Nellie Bly, New York World, Phileas T. Fogg
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This took me back to childhood
It’s always a bit serendipitous when one randomly discovers a blog post on a book that transports one right back to childhood. This copy of ROBIN HOOD by Paul Creswick. (Philadelphia: McKay, 1917), illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, was one of the volumes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, Jules Verne, book illustration, N.C. Wyeth
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THE STRANGE HISTORY OF A MYSTERIOUS BEING
I recently fell down a rabbithole after seeing a reference to 19th century American “Hollow Earth” proponents who toured the country giving lectures on the purported existence of a society living within the earth’s center. Some of these so-called explorers … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged 19th century literature, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, Project Gutenberg
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Mondays are still miscellaneous
What a brilliant idea to promote local libraries. This is a tribute that the city of Vigo in Spain wanted to pay Jules Verne (on the occasion of the centenary of his death) for having mentioned this city in his … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Libraries, Photography, USA
Tagged Aldous Huxley, bookplates, Comics, Jules Verne, San Francisco
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Literary Atlas
New York City-based cartographer Andrew DeGraff creates extraordinarily detailed maps of literary classics. His just released book, Plotted: A Literary Atlas (Zest Books), features intricate maps that help readers better understand the complex plots of iconic books. The wonderful time-lapse … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Maps, Writing
Tagged Cartography, Children's literature, Jules Verne, Robinson Crusoe
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Around the World in 80 Postcards
Lehel Kovacs is a Budapest-based artist and illustrator who dreamed of traveling around the world. When those travel plans did not pan out, he decided to take a virtual world tour using Google Street View. That inspired the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Around the World in 80 Days, Google Street View, Jules Verne, Kickstarter, Postcards
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We are all in paradise, but refuse to see it
New York City-based illustrator Evan Robertson creates splendid black and white posters featuring moving quotes from notable authors such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Samuel Beckett, Anais Nin, Thomas Wolfe, Jules Verne and Kurt Vonnegut. You can see more of these terrific … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Wolfe
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Books Predict The Future
Posted in Books, Tech, Writing
Tagged Arthur C. Clarke, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne
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