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Cape Town Anti-Convict Petition, 1849

Posted on 30 June 2020 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Department is delighted to announce that it has digitized one of the most fascinating items in its collection: a parchment roll […]

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Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Queensland, Australia

Posted on 14 February 2020 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is delighted to announce the publication, on Cambridge Digital Library, of three very interesting collections relating to nineteenth-century Queensland, Australia.  […]

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Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Greek Manuscripts Inside and Out: A Conservation Symposium and Workshop

Posted on 22 January 2020 by CUL Conservation

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg proudly presents Greek Manuscripts Inside and Out: A Conservation Symposium […]

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Collection Care, Conservation, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition

Posted on 28 November 2019 by John C.

The Award Ceremony for the 2019 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition was held at Buckingham Palace in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall on […]

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Digital Resources, Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Caribbean photographs

Posted on 8 May 2019 by John C.

The most recent release of Royal Commonwealth Society photographs on Cambridge Digital Library takes us to the Caribbean.  We’re delighted that virtually all Commonwealth members […]

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Cambridge Digital Library, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Shanghai and the May 30th Movement: guest post by Elena Fulgheri

Posted on 11 March 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Department is very grateful to our colleague, Elena Fulgheri, for a guest post inspired by our most recent release on Cambridge […]

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Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

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 […]

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Cambridge Digital Library, Maps, Special Collections

Cambridge University Library gives Newton papers to the world

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Special Collections

Important manuscripts by Isaac Newton are released as the first collection of the new Cambridge Digital Library. Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia […]

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Digitisation, Manuscripts

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