Anne Taylor – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Extract from Maps.Ms.Plans.R.c.1 "Map of the Maingnyaung region" ca. 1860

Mapping the Maps – a guest post from Natasha Pairaudeau

Posted on 18 April 2017 by Anne Taylor

Imagine maps as big as bedsheets, and then imagine the sheets big enough for beds made wide enough to sleep extended families. Only such a […]

Burma, Digital Resources, Digitisation, Maps, South Asian, Special Collections

A Theatre of Treasures

Posted on 11 October 2016 by Anne Taylor

The third of our ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talks was given by Anne Taylor, Head of the Map Department: In 1968 an application was […]

Digital Resources, Events, Maps, Special Collections

A Fruitful Resource : a guest post by Jonathan Spain

Posted on 16 March 2016 by Anne Taylor

The Map Department of Cambridge University Library has a collection of British estate agents’ sales particulars dating largely from the early 19th century through to the […]

Maps, Special Collections

Spot the Difference!

Posted on 25 July 2012 by Anne Taylor

A ‘guest blog’ by David Langley In 2010 the Library staged a fascinating exhibition – Under Covers: Documenting Spies – from its own collections and […]

Exhibitions, Maps, Special Collections