There was a small exhibition about the Azores at the Bank of Portugal branch in Ponta Delgada. This lovely old map was in a display case with a model galleon, here is a better pic We also drooled over this 19C map of Terceira
We walked up to these ancient military fortifications on San Miguel island in the Azores, the name means literally “military fortification of the face of the dog” but I have a hunch that isn’t quite correct.
Had to stop here when we were walking in the Azores and looking out towards America. And yes, I was standing there.. I used Lat Long Data to do the conversion
This is one of my son’s favourite bars in Ponta Delgado, Azores, the name translates as Angels’ Corner. Next to the sign it says “The bar that has travelled around the world”
We visited my son in the Azores a few weeks ago. The Azores are pretty much the centre point for any sailors crossing the Atlantic, so lots of sailors stop there to rest, repair and rewstock. Along the edge f the harbour on St. Miguel are a lot of paintings […]
Reinder spotted this beautiful book cover, he said “… cartographically inspired design of a book cover. Book with walks through Paris (in Dutch). Quite charming don’t you think? ” Very very charming!
Atanas Enchev shared this with us – standing on the junction of three states. This is the automatically generated AltText which seems pretty impressive to me (Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B) “The image shows a stone marker with the inscription “PENN” on the left and “N.J.” […]
“A Girl on the Net” shared this amazing piece of needle work, the London Underground map in cross-stitch, complete with the key to lines and interchanges. She commented “Nerds may note that:a) the Vicky line is unfinished (for various reasons, it was PERFECT timing for her to give this to […]
