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The ‘Album amicorum’ of Abraham Ortelius

Posted on 4 March 2017 by James Freeman

The latest addition to the Cambridge Digital Library is the Album amicorum of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). The Album amicorum – literally ‘book of friends’ – […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Maps, Pembroke College, Poetry, Science

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

Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!

Posted on 30 September 2016 by James Freeman

Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]

600th anniversary, Cambridge Digital Library, Chinese, Darwin Correspondence Project, Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Maps, Music, Near and Middle Eastern, Rare Books, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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

Cambridge Science Festival at the University Library

Posted on 8 March 2016 by Special Collections

Cambridge Science Festival started yesterday and over the next two weeks, the city will be even more than usually full of inventions, discoveries and experiments. […]

600th anniversary, Archives, Digital Resources, Events, Exhibitions, Historical Printing, Library history, Manuscripts, Maps, Medicine, Music, Science, Special Collections

Cantabrigia Geographia: Cambridge in Maps 1574-1798

Posted on 1 September 2015 by Andrew

In the Map Room at Cambridge University Library it is possible to travel the world through both time and space from the comfort of a single […]

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Speed maps now in the Cambridge Digital Library

Posted on 23 March 2015 by Andrew

John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world’s great cartographic treasures. Published in 1611/12, it marked the first time […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Maps, Special Collections

Pictures, Perspectives and Plans

Posted on 28 March 2014 by Andrew

Home to an exceptional density of features that can be mapped, all contained within a concentrated area, cartographers have long been drawn to towns and […]

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Special Collections at the Science Festival

Posted on 7 March 2014 by Suzanne Paul

The Cambridge Science Festival takes place from 10-23 March and is bigger than ever before. The University Library is hosting several talks and interactive events […]

Conservation, Events, Manuscripts, Maps, Rare Books, Special Collections

Festival of Ideas

Posted on 22 October 2013 by Special Collections

Special Collections staff are once again taking part in the University’s Festival of Ideas, a public engagement initiative that celebrates the arts, humanities and social […]

Events, Historical Printing, Incunabula, Maps, Rare Books, Royal Commonwealth Society

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