Cartography

Bradford to celebrate bicentennial in 2010 of America's first globe (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)

5 Jul 2008

The man who made the first globe in North America had a farm in Bradford, and it's not difficult to see the town is proud of that distinction. There are signs in town and a historic marker on Interstate 91. Years ago, the local bank had a drawing of a globe on the checks, according to Bradford Historical Society President Larry Coffin. ... - By Tom Haley Rutland Herald

Landscape Artist (New York Times)

5 Jul 2008

Robert Macfarlane hikes, climbs and swims through the British Isles in search of parts unspoiled.

Robert Macfarlane's 'The Wild Places' (International Herald Tribune)

4 Jul 2008

Robert Macfarlane's 'The Wild Places' is a formidable consideration of the British landscape, by a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence — poetry, really — with the breathless ease of a master angler, a writer whose ideas and reach far transcend the physical region he explores.