Wow, such a stunning contrast from Indy's last adventure! All that green makes my eyes hurt;)

Great pics Rocket!

Rushed? It looks great!

Looks like Indy has to hit the books before he can continue on his quest.

70% of all archaeology is done in the library, after all....

Well, they finally did it...they talked and talked about removing the labs back in the 1930s, but in 1938 Professor Morey suggested that the laboratory be used for the temporary exhibition of mosaics excavated at Antioch.



He even suggested they MOVE the building to join to the Museum of Historic Art as a new wing. The building did serve temporarily as the "Epigraphical Museum" until 1941, housing a display of the casts made by Princeton professors and students during the Syrian expeditions of the 1890s.

The Class of 1877 Biological Laboratory, which stood to the north of the location of the present Chapel, was demolished in May 1946 to clear the way for the Firestone Library.




These pics are the largest I can post, the first few are "medium." Are the large ones too large?

These are just fantastic, Rocket! It's like the "college portion" of the films!:whip:

Summer Hours, PERFECT! No pesky students to distract me from my research, especially on a Sunday. Rare Books, rare books, let's see...God DAMN it! CLOSED!



To paraphrase Mark Twain: "[he] was wise, subtle, and knew more than one way to skin a cat"

The rest of the Library closes soon...have to find another way in.



The lighting was pretty low, (as you might imagine) which obviously affects the pictures...but I've taken them all with my cell phone.

And now you know, the teaser pic was doctored.

This is a strangely gripping story, Rocket! :up:

Alright, apparently there IS no other way in! So I was just about to break something, (the door looked less likely than my foot), I remembered John at the desk and decided to simply ask! A gentle answer and wrath as it were. Lo and behold he simply said: "If I don't see it, I guess it didn't happen." With that he turned away mentioning "The Map Room" on the second floor...turn right at the top of the stairs.



I'm NOT kidding, there's an exhibit covering early explorers from Magellan to Cook. One room, to the right as you enter, has the contents of Capt James (T?)Cook's study, a fantastic four foot globe a desk and other accoutrema, (Accoutrema? What is that #%!), but it was lights out locked up behind glass.

So I bit the bullet and told John the Administrator the story and though he wouldn't let me in THAT room, the quote above is verbatim. He snuck me into the map room! Well turned a blind eye. Amazing. Still some good stuff coming up...

My discerning eye was ahead of the game.;) Diggin' yer pix, Rockette!:p
Nice story! Let me get this straight: You told him an Indy fig was going around the world? Can't wait to see more Indy at Princeton U.!:up:
:D

Getting Hotter, have to find the copy of the cursus publicus...



The moment of truth, then comes fact...


We'll come back to YOU later...


I'll write more later, but YES! I did...Princeton staff might be lurking on the thread as we read/type.

Now we're getting somewhere...Edmund Halley created this map showing the seasonal winds across the globe. In 1699 he was given command of the HMS Paramore for a scientific expedition. Civillian command of a British Military ship is an exceedingly rare event. But What I need is...

The Peutinger Table!



A copy should do just as well...Rome, check! Constantinople, check! Antioch? Check! The original was probably carved in marble around 12 B.C.
This printed map is from 1624 from a 1598 copperplate engraving. The information on it is MUCH older! The oldest information probably goes back to before 79 AD since Pompeii is indicated. Other temporal indications can be drawn from Jerusalem which is named Aelia Capitolina, name given in 132 AD and from Constantinople, the name commonly used since the 5th century for Byzantium.





It's not a physical and scientific description of the world, as in the work of Ptolemy, but rather a functional document comparable with present day roadmaps. The main roads of the imperial courier service, or cursus publicus, are shown, making it possible for the traveller to easily locate the stops, to calculate the distances to be covered and to organize supplies at the principal thermal places or water points.
It is an exceptional document without equivalent before the 16th century. Pilgrims, merchants or the medieval armies used similar charts in their long travels from the West towards the East. One can try to plan the route from Trier to Rome or from Rome to Jerusalem. Ydrunte (Otranto) is located opposite Scobre (Shkodër) and Dyrratio (Durrës): thus a crossing of the Strait of Otranto is possible there.

This part of the map shows the region Billy and his crew at Camp Davis put me up...thanks guys!

TABULA PEUTINGERIANA, section 11: Persia, Media, Bactria, Hyrcania, India, Taprobane, Sina



I can't shake the feeling I'm being followed, too many adventures! Have the locations noted, lucky to have all this in one place. Now if I could just find De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo I can get out of here!

I love the history lesson, Rocket!

Do they have a copy of the Mappa Mundi? The original is here in Herefordshire... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereford_Mappa_Mundi

Phenomenal, Rocket!

Scholarship worthy of Dr. Jones!

Thanks guys, just picking up where the others left off...we've been fortunate so far, right place at the right time!

It's great that he's roughly following the movie structure...and back at school as Michael wrote!

So far only a guy asked me what I was doing, I have to admit I feel a bit self conscious roaming around Princeton with a doll, (sorry, action figure), but Stoo, and Sabby had me thinking creatively and Billy's tenure gave me courage. It's good to read you're not dissapppinted! Thanks again, (though I missed ANOTHER trivia segment!)

Some nice surprises to come...

The only thing dissapppinting here is your spelling! :p Everything else is grade A! :up:


Looking forward to more Rocket pocket-Indy adventures!

I feel ya on the self consciousness Rocket! Try taking pictures with a "doll" on a base full of he-man Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen :o I didn't let it keep me form the mission at hand though.

It's amazing how much goes through your mind before you say "screw it, I'm just going to tell em". On that note, I was in the subway yesterday and considered getting a shot with a few "Guardian Angels" but time and heat were against me...

Its a relief when people are on board...I spoke with an Army Specialist the other day and when he found out we talked for an hour a about his quest for the original Star Wars figures...he LOVED your AC130 shots.

Or as the Afghans say, "a little man".:D Seriously no curious, female onlookers yet? I had to practically beat them off with Indy's umbrella!:whip:

Love those old maps and the accompanying history, Rocket. The lighting also adds an eerie look to the scene. Nice.
Ha ha. "Pocket Rocket" was the nickname for hockey player, Henri Richard, younger brother of the legendary, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. Both hall-of-famers who played for the Montreal Canadiens. (Just felt like mentioning that.)
Now that takes some cojones.:hat:

There it is...



Oi, I've been taking pictures pretty covertly, no action shots yet...

Excellent work Rocket - very impressed by the location you've managed to sneak Indy into :)

I don't know how long you plan to hang on to him for, but if Indy can be returned to me before mid-August, I can hitch him a ride to Iceland via Dublin. Let me know ASAP.

On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres!

Copernicus died two months after it was published in 1543, so it's doubtfull he ever saw a print. It was added to The Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1616, and finally removed in 1758.



The prevailing theories were geocentric, (earth was the center of the universe), and over 100 pages of illustrations and tabular data serve as a rebuttal to this philosophic view promulgated by Ptolemy. The very begining of the Scientific Revolution.

I need the inscription on the cover...mèdeis ageômetrètos eisitô mou tèn stegèn.

GREAT, it's in Greek!

"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter" Now...

Galilleo's The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

Though it's title when the manuscript went to the Inquisition for approval was Dialogue on the Ebb and Flow of the Sea.



All the clues point to motion, travel...this whole adventure seems in constant motion, through time and space from place to place, and some how I'm tied up in all of it.


I can send him anytime you chose. I'm in the process of getting King Tut Tickets, hopefully within your time frame!

Phenomenal job, Rocket! Love the pictures, love the history!!!

Had to get out of there, I'm hearing footsteps, jumping at shadows!



Best place to shake the devil! Thank God Dad's not here, so I'll just genuflect and bless myself for my lack of faith earlier, (AND the blashphemy).



It'll have to do as I duck out the Sacristy...



...and into town!



Morristown WOULD be my next stop, but I have another idea!




Thanks, that's the end of Princeton...sorry for taking so long to post.

In my haste I jumped onto a train and found myself in Baltimore!

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Warehouse built in 1899, later sections completed in 1905, adjacent to the B&O's Camden Station and freight yard at Camden and Eutaw Streets. Often purported to be the longest brick building on the East coast, large enough to hold a thousand carloads of freight at a time, the B&O advertised.



Baseball! Camden Yards



A park in centerfield! A CANADIAN flag? Will wonders never cease!?



Ken Griffey, Jr. actually hit the Warehouse during a Home Run Derby! Amazing! Babe Ruth hit his first professional Home Run as an Oriole!



I remember when the Baltimore Orioles were moved to New York and were renamed the Highlanders...what did they rename the Highlanders again? Hmmm...


Maybe I could get in a few swings...



One guy and his son stopped and asked me about Indy, he was very interested. Got Miguel Tejada's autograph!

Burly fingers and a cell phone keyboard...Oi!

Speaking of burly, I stopped taking pics when a hilbilly sat down next to us and took a picture of a rubber chicken at the park, (should have taken a picture of indy looking at the guy taking a picture of the chicken!).

Fell asleep on the train and ended up in New York, (like the hmmm...)! Starting to think I forgot something, or someone back at Princeton...



Tired of Sitting. It's 95°F but the weather man said it feels like 104. Where can I go to get out of the heat? Maybe a movie?



Like a needle in a haystack! If only I had a map...nah. A movie means more sitting, might as well head back to the subway. Though a good adventure movie might be inspiring!



Out of the city, almost back to the farm!

GORGEOUS photos! The baseball stadium looks terrific!

And "catching a movie" is brilliant! Though I'm depressed they're billing it as "Indiana Jones and the Raiders...." Clearly buying into the Lucasfilm PR bullsh*t!

Amazing you found a theater showing the movie, but I'd expect nothing less from you, Rocket!

Note to theater goers: If that's the title they're billing, odds are it's not a print. There are a few ways to tell, but none more obvious then the digital stutter Indyclone points out in the Showtimes thread!

Nice job, Rocket! :up:

So Indy knows they made a film about his adventures? Maybe they were just tall tales he sold to Lucas and Spielberg to supplement his retirement?

This is a great topic! Count me in if you want Indy to climb the Vesuvius, visit Pompei or just hang out in Capri ;)

YES. Pompei! I was there several years ago and it's a PERFECT Indy location! (Here's a Raven Pompei thread: Pompeii)

@Inky: 2 weeks from now, I'll be driving down to the south of Italy but scheduling Pompei into Indy's intinerary (via Yure) is a must!:whip:
Indy in Iceland? Too crazy to be true!:up:

@Rocket: Your photos have been a TREAT so far. Love the Copernicus mention and all the other maps, history, etc...but the baseball pics are the best! (I've been to Camden, New Jersery but not Camden Yards.) I like the story of the homer hitting the warehouse. The photo of Indy approaching the diamond wanting to take a swing is one of my faves so far...and even though your Morristown rail station picture is simple, it's still very, very good.;) We want more!

P.S. Globetrotting update: I'm back in Switzerland.:mad:

Too bad I can't get Indy in time, in a week I'll be off to Thailand :)
(and to be true last week I was in Tunisia, that would have been a nice crossover, Indy in Tatooine :D)

Hey, did you happen to find a purple Obi Wan Kenobi figure in Tunisia?

Jedidefender.com had a similar "Traveling Figure" game going a few years ago....until I accidentally left the figure at the Mos Espa ruins in Tunisia.

To add insult to injury, I (seem to have) lost all pictures of the trip, as well.

Damn, that's too bad! No, I haven't found any Kenobi hangin'around (in Matmata) there :D
(and also my friend didn't find his brand new Lacoste in thebaggage, stolen at the airport, his shoes, stolen at the beach, and I didn't find a steel bracelet I was very fond of I left for a couple of minutes on a table at a club... but that's another story :( )

Has anybody tried the Macro setting on their camera yet? I was fiddling around with it, and it allows me to keep an object in the foreground in focus while maintaining background clarity. For those of you with the option, it's the flower-looking thing.

Glad to see Indy made it back from Afghanistan! Great snaps, Rocket! I'm looking forward to seeing more. In the meantime, keep up the great work!

@Rocket - still continuing to amaze with some awesome shots. Nice to see what Indy gets up to when he's in his homeland. When did you get the King Tut tickets for - and do you think you'll be able to return Indy to the UK for the 21st of August ?

@Yure - what's your timescale for Pompeii ?

@Stoo - the trip to Iceland is courtesy of a Geologist friend of mine who's attending a conference - be cool if he can swing it. May also have some interesting shots for those interested in vintage aviation if the timing works. Also - should be a package waiting for you in Switzerland - let me know when you get it.

@Lance - are you sure we can trust you with Indy ? Your track record seems a little blemished :)

It's half an hour from here, so... basicly anytime :)
(Lots of other sites here too...)

An interesting twist to Indy's recent trip to Afghanistan...I just found out that our Captain, the guy in the middle of our group pic, went to school with Corey Carrier...young Indiana Jones!

Got a bit of time to kill before we get back to the farm...



Come on in, there are a few things I didn't mention...



After all that research there was one last piece of information I had to reference, so I stopped by Grand Central Station



Quick note, the flag was raised after the September 11th attacks...



What I'm here for is the ceiling! Paul Helleu painted the 80,000 square-foot mural of the Mediterranean sky, the October-to-March zodiac in gold leaf on cerulean blue oil with 2,500 stars. The 60 largest stars, illuminated with fiber optics mark the constellations, but used to be lit with 40-watt light bulbs that workers changed regularly by climbing above the ceiling and pulling the light bulbs out from above.


Awesome! Small world...any stories?
I'm trying to swing it sooner, but the last week in August seems to be the window, c'est la vie. I can send him sometime within the next week...send me the address.

There are a few stories as to why the zodiac mural was painted backwards. A mistake? The mural is an abstract, but is it a case of artistic license, an original? Hmmm...



The Vanderbilts would have told you it's how God sees the skies! But I'm more of the mind that it was inspired by a medieval manuscript...



Looks like I won't have to figure out what time the sun hits the Terminal



The clues are all around us...



Time to get a move on.

I made a few stops along the way



The House That Ruth Built!



Gone!



Sat in on a Video Teleconference with a good friend...



Look Ma! I'm on TV!

Nice Pictures!

@Rocket: I've been to NYC a half a dozen times but have never been inside Grand Central Station and did not know about the constellations on its ceiling. You learn something new everyday...

Love the pic of Indy at the Irish pub (your local haunt?) and at Ground Zero but, I have to say, the last one of Indy on the screen reminds me of Mike Teevee from the original "Willy Wonka" film.:D The subway photo is good, too, as it looks like Indy is actually sitting in the seat. Great stuff all around!:hat:
Tunisia would have been awesome since "Raiders" was also filmed there. Next week is my drive down to the south of Italy and will be spending some time in your neighbourhood, Naples!:)
Yeah, it would be great to see Indy in Iceland. Brrr...He's going to need his "Mystery of the Blues" sweater & scarf! As for vintage aviation, I'm DEFINITELY interested. (Back in Switz and still no sign of your package!:eek:)
Way cool!:D Your captain must be from Massachusetts. I wonder if they went to school together before or after the filming of the show.

Almost home...some new additions, some improvements. Can't stop progress. Now, where did the horses go?



Hey fellas!



Guess I should get an apple or two...how about a few sugar cubes?





Would have loved if they were lit, but home was calling, (and it's not dark till half eight anyway). Forgot to mention:

The four-faced clock on top of the information booth at the center of the concourse. Each facet of the clock is made from opal, both Sotheby's and Christie's estimate it's worth in the $20 million neighborhood. In the marble and brass base is a "secret" door with a spiral staircase to the lower level information booth.


I've spent too many hours in there, it used to be an old man's bar. Even if no one smoked while you were there, your clothes would REEK of cigarettes. On occasion enjoyed a few cigars there, but with the ban it's been gutted and fancified.

Hmmm, that WASN'T Ground Zero, but The house that Ruth built: Old Yankee Stadium. Taken from inside the 4 Subway heading downtown.


Thanks!


I was going for the Clouseau missing the obvious thing!

At the old folks home they're keeping him in the dark about KOTCS. He still thinks he rode off into the sunset in 1989!

Great pictures, Rocket. Indy sizing up a mount for his next convoy chase. The horse at the back's saying, "Don't even think about it, buddy!"

Awesome, awesome stuff!

Grand Central Station! Gorgeous! A glimpse of what could have been from "City of the Gods".

Wonderful images, Rocket. First rate!

D'oh! My bad.:o I zeroed-in on the bulldozers and the caption, "Gone!" and jumped to a hasty conclusion. Didn't even notice the cityscape (not to mention the TREES!) and never made it to Yankee Stadium, either.:( (I got the 'House that Ruth built" caption for the 1st pic but didn't realize it was the same site.) Considering how much Indy loves baseball, he was probably pretty upset at the moment.

Anyway, even though the pic of Indy sitting in the subway is blurry, it's still one of my favourites. Reminds me of Indy on the clipper in "Raiders" and the train in "Skull".
Really? That makes the pics even better!:up: Will have to read the script in full some day.

@Inky: If Indy ever makes it to Chicago, you could do a custom mini-Jack Shannon so someone could recreate scenes from the novels! Just an idea...:D

Sorry I'm getting to this thread so late. Amazing job, all! Very cool to live the adventure all in one shot.

Wish I had jumped on board earlier to take Mini-Indy to see the Pyramid of...Memphis. :D

Keep up the good work!

Roughly 200 more views and this will be the most looked at thread in the Globe-trotting section. Pretty good for something only a few months old.:up:

@harvey7297: It's not too late for you to sign up.

There's more globe-trotting in the works for me so I'll be off-line for the rest of August. Looking forward to seeing more pics when I get back! Talk to you later, guys...:hat:

Be sure to report back in with photographic evidence of your trip, Stoo! ;)