Archives

2019

• Jour de Noël (Memories, North-East US)

2017

• The Day I Met Christine Ferber, the “Jam Fairy” (France, Memories)

2016

• Road Trip to the Origins of Camembert (France, Memories)

2014

• Those Travels that Changed the World (Book Reviews, Maps & Explorers, News)

  Don't miss this special issue of Le Point: "Ces voyages qui ont changé le monde".
• Lost Anchor from George Vancouver’s Ship Recovered (Maps & Explorers, News)

  An anchor, suspected to be a lost anchor of the HMS Chatham, one of George Vancouver's ships, has been recently recovered.
• Millions in Gold and Silver Recovered from Shipwreck (Maps & Explorers, News)

  Odyssey Marine Exploration started to recover more than 13,500 gold and silver coins, from the SS Central America shipwreck.
• The Land of Heart’s Delight – Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island (Book Reviews, Maps & Explorers, Maps of the Americas)

  The Northwest Coast of North America was the last part of the continent to be explored by Europeans. This book tells the story of these explorers.
• La Salle’s Shipwreck – An Exceptional Archeological Find (Exhibitions, Famous Explorers, Maps & Explorers)

  Discovered in 1996 on the gulf coast of Texas, after having been submerged for more than 300 years, La Belle shipwreck is the story about the last expedition of 17th century French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
• Santa Maria’s Shipwreck: Has it Been Discovered? (Famous Explorers, Maps & Explorers)

  Marine explorer Barry Clifford announces that he may have discovered the shipwreck of Columbus' Santa Maria.
• Routes of Early Explorers – World Map (Famous Explorers, Maps & Explorers, World Maps)

  Here is a world map showing the routes and voyages of early explorers (1340-1600).
• Maps: California Was an Island (Maps & Explorers, Renaissance Cartography)

  The great story of 2 centuries of maps showing California as an island.
• An Exhibit Explores Art in the Margins of Maps (Exhibitions, Maps & Explorers)

  Marginalia in cARTography examines the imagery displayed in the margins of maps, from the 13th to the 20th century.
• A Book about Johann Ruysch’s World Map (Book Reviews, Maps & Explorers, Renaissance Cartography, World Maps)

  Could you imagine that we can see corrections on copper plates or wood blocks of early 16th century maps and discover which changes were made from the time they were first printed to later printings?
• Mapping Our World: Terra Incognita to Australia (Exhibitions, Maps & Explorers)

  Imagine more than 100 maps, atlases and globes, in a major cartography exhibition at the National Library of Australia. We are sharing 6 fascinating videos made about the exhibit and its maps.

2013

• What Columbus Believed About the Earth (Early Cartography, Famous Cartographers, Famous Explorers, Maps & Explorers, Renaissance Cartography, World Maps)

  Columbus' misconceptions inspired a voyage which would never have won backers had the truth been known.
• Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire (Early Cartography, Exhibitions, Famous Cartographers, Maps & Explorers)

  An exhibition reminds us that, at the time of empires, maps were more than just tools for the explorers to find their way.
• Carta Marina 1516: A New Approach to Map Making (Early Cartography, Famous Cartographers, Maps & Explorers, Renaissance Cartography, World Maps)

  For his 1516 "Carta Marina", cartographer Waldseemüller changes his approach to map making.
• Where was Columbus Born (Famous Explorers, Maps & Explorers)

  Could Christopher Columbus actually be the son of Polish King Władysław III?
• The Marité – The Last Cod Fishing Boat (Maritime History)

  This 90-year boat which used to fish for cod in Newfoundland waters is magnificent and it taught me how large and gorgeous those fishing boats were.
• Five Centuries of Cod Fishing (Early Colonial History, French America)

  I recently the book "Cinq siècles de pêche à la morue - Terre-Neuvas & Islandais" (Five centuries of cod fishing) written by Nelson Cazeils (in French, sorry!). The book discusses the history of cod fishing in all its aspects.

2012

• British Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – Reenactment (American Revolution, Early Colonial History)
• Finding Soldier’s Names on Powder Horns (American Revolution, Collectibles, Early Colonial History, French & Indian War)
• One Ocean, Two Continents, 1,000 Connections (Brittany, Early Colonial History, French America)

2011

• William Farwell’s Powder Horn (American Revolution, Collectibles)
• Where does the Name Vermont Come from? (Early Colonial History, Vermont History)
• Canoeing the King’s Waterways (Early Colonial History, French & Indian War, French America, Maps & Explorers)
• Mystery Powder Horn (Collectibles)
• Newfoundland – “Terre aux Bretons” (Brittany, Early Colonial History, French America, History)
• Saratoga-Stillwater Colonial Story (American Revolution, French America)
• Brittany Wooden Shoes (Brittany, Collectibles)
• Engraved Powder Horns – Part 4 (American Revolution, Collectibles, French & Indian War, History, North-East US)
• Engraved Powder Horns – Part 3 (American Revolution, Collectibles, French & Indian War)
• On the Steps of Champlain – Part 2 (American Revolution, Early Colonial History, French America, Maps & Explorers, Maritime History, North-East US, Vermont History)

  For those who were curious to know more about the tour I mentioned in the article On the Steps of Champlain - Part 1, here are the details of the 7-day tour across France, on the steps of Samuel de Champlain. It was an extraordinary trip.
• President Coolidge House (History, Vermont History)
• French Settlers in Saratoga, NY (French & Indian War, French America, History)
• Engraved Powder Horns – Part 2 (Collectibles, French & Indian War)
• Historic Vermont Towns (History, Vermont History)

  Often, time has left the historic Vermont village centers just like they were in the 19th century, with their white church, its steeple or town meeting hall dominating the green, mountain backdrops and...
• Engraved Powder Horns – Part 1 (American Revolution, Collectibles, Early Colonial History, French & Indian War)
• 1731 French “Fort de pieux”, Lake Champlain (Early Colonial History, French America, Vermont History)
• Celebrating Samuel de Champlain in 1908 (Collectibles, Famous Explorers, French America, Maps & Explorers)
• Lake Champlain… French? (Early Colonial History, French America, North-East US)
• Map of Champlain’s Travels (Early Colonial History, French America, Maps & Explorers, Vermont History)
• De La Fayette’s Cartographer (American Revolution, French America, Maps & Explorers)

  Mr. Capitaine, the “aide de camp” of Marquis de La Fayette has drawn beautiful maps, while in campaigns. In a back issue, Magazine Antiques has an excellent article on this cartographer (and on de La Fayette’s participation in the American Revolution): Chesnoy: Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy, the Marquis de Lafayette’s cartographer – Paul E Cohen (Magazine Antiques, Jan. 1998). Additionally, some of these maps can be seen at the Library of Congress.
• Battle of Hubbardton Reenactment (American Revolution, Vermont History)
• Lake Champlain’s Old Maps (American Revolution, French America, History, Maps & Explorers, North-East US)

2010

• On the Steps of Champlain – Part 1 (Early Colonial History, French America, History, Maps & Explorers, North-East US, Vermont History)
• Fireplace and “lit clos” (Brittany)
• Interiors – Beach & Country (Brittany)
• Rediscovering Brittany (Brittany)

2009

• Hidden Secrets in Google Satellite Maps (French America, History, North-East US)
• Private or Public Wiki Encyclopedia (History)
• High Resolution Maps from Library of Congress (History, Maps & Explorers)
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography (History)

2008

• Photos from Spratly Islands (Malaysia, World Travel)