Maps – Page 2 – Cambridge University Library 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 […]

Maps

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 […]

Maps

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

History of Cartography online

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Anne Taylor

Since the first volume appeared in 1987 the University of Chicago’s History of Cartography series of monographs has become a standard and authoritative reference work […]

Chinese, Japanese, Maps, Near and Middle Eastern, South Asian