Architecture
The Old World left its mark in stone, brick, and iron. In structures that official history has dated, categorised, and largely moved past without satisfactorily explaining. This category examines the built environment: the star forts whose geometry encodes something beyond military function, the civic buildings that appeared simultaneously across continents, the cathedrals whose acoustics suggest purposes beyond the devotional. Architecture at Tartaria Britannica is not a study of style. It is an investigation into what was built, how it was built, and what it was built to do.
Gladiators are Fiction: Colosseums are Enormous Power Plants (Part 1)
Is it possible that, at some point in the past, large audiences were entertained by watching bloody armed fights to the death? Is it...
Airship NORGE: The First to Conquer the North Pole
In the annals of exploration, few achievements stand as monumental as the flight of the airship NORGE over the North Pole. This daring expedition,...
“AETHER” Part V: Star Fortresses and Flying Cities
This is the story of a visit to the Berlin Zoo whose magical atmosphere is inherited from a Star Fortress. https://youtu.be/dmAv_-UBM-4 This is also the story...
World’s Fair at St. Louis – Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
The first thing the newcomer hears from the visitor who has spent several days at the World’s Fair is: “It is simply immense. The grounds cover 1,240 acres.” And the newcomer thinks: “Mercy, how shall I ever get around to see it all?” For the robust, healthy American, whether man or woman, the best means of transportation is that which nature has provided.
Vintage Postcards: Franco-British Exhibition 1908
The Franco-British Exposition went from May to October 1908, and was the first of five major international exhibitions to be held in West London at the White City complex, which later gave its name to the area.


