Place Cloud

Below is a selection of my audio on Place Cloud. Go to its map to feel the sites in person and gain access to historic manuscripts, images, and objects. Wondering what it is?

The Coffee House Trail

1 The Jamaica Wine House: the arrival of coffee
Jack Dykstra
2 Button's Coffee House: a new way to socialise
Jack Dykstra
4 Jonathan's Coffee House: a financial revolution
Jack Dykstra
5 Lloyd's Coffee House: maritime insurance and the slave trade
Jack Dykstra
 
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Place Cloud

Follow the Map

A platform to digitally travel and hear academics talk about known sights and forgotten places. My short podcasts, ‘viewpoints’, are on there too!

A new travel app with descriptions of historic sights written by academics and read by actors. You can hear my words on landmarks in London, Paris, Venice, and Cambridge!

79. Süleymaniye Mosque, built by the great imperial architect Mimar Sinan in 1557 (June, 2022). . . . . . #postcardsfrompera #history #ottoman #earlymodern #worldhistory #historylovers #historygram #istanbul #turkey #historyfacts #ilovehistory #
Silk shimmers and shines in the light. Its soft and smooth to the touch. It appears to ooze wealth and status. And it has done so for thousands of years.   This rich fabric was first produced in China in the 4th millennium BCE. The woven textile
78. The Blue Mosque with the Obelisk of Theodosius in the fore (June, 2022). The obelisk was erected during the 18th dynasty by Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC) at the temple of Karnak. It was re-erected in Sultanahmet Meydanı in Istanbul
Giddy cus I found my main man Sir John Finch (1626-1682) - the bust above me! It’s amongst the coats of arms of other students and academics in the Palazzo Bo in the University of Padua. He’s a key figure of my PhD research because he w
Every year on the feast day of Saint Luke the butchers of Holland assembled. The streets were lined with onlookers, drummers drummed the announcement, pipers piped at the head of the procession, and singers and dancers skipped through towns. At the c