On Sunday April 14th 1912, the ocean luxury liner TITANIC struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, at 11:40pm. At or around 2:20am, April 15th (Monday), the last portion of the stern slipped under…See More
One of the most famous long-running advertising campaigns --in print media-- was the partnership between National Geographic magazine, and Canon Inc. It was conceived as a way of highlighting a…See More
More Musings on Map Indices Their History at the ‘Corner One of the first discussions posted in Philip Riviere’s “Maps and Supplement” group was one entitled “Inventory list of Map Indexes” and was…See More
100 Years Ago: September 1925 This is the 128th entry in my series of National Geographic Magazine abridgements on the 100th anniversary of their publication. …See More