Antique Swiss Travel Poster: A travers le Jura – Suisse, 1895 by Frederic Hugo d’Alési fullarton Navigational aids abound

Navigational aids abound

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The spiral-polar projection is not only a cartographic marvel but also a storytelling tool

Antique Swiss Travel Poster: A travers le Jura – Suisse, 1895 by Frederic Hugo d’Alési fullarton Navigational aids aboundA travers le Jura Suisse by Frdric Hugo dAlsi (1895) invites you into the serenity of Switzerlands Jura region. Commissioned to promote rail travel, the poster opens onto a luminous lakescape: a village of stone houses and a slender church spire nestles against green hills, while a calm, island dotted lake dissolves into pale blue distance. At the lower left, a striking circular vignette reveals railway tracks plunging through a tunnel in the rock,