Interstate rest stops are some of my favorite places when it comes to getting ideas for new adventures. Inside their doors are racks filled with printed brochures and colorful maps that promise excitement just down the road. It’s a banner day when I can replace my old, well-worn, highway map …
In 1719, when cartographer John Senex was drawing a map of the English empire in America, there was still a lot that was unknown. The little information about this “new land” that he did have came from the accounts of various Jesuit and French explorers, and not much of it …
While we can survey every inch of the planet with Google Earth apps on our smart phones and never worry about finding our way with the wonders of GPS, maps still hold allure for the traveler. Across culture and language, geography and time, maps are an invitation to adventure.