Map Library @BLMaps
The British Library's Map Library, bringing you 4.5 million maps & views produced between 15CE and 2025 blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmap… London, UK Joined October 2011-
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Calling mid-career library and archive professionals 📣 Looking to advance your career and connect with international peers? Join our International Library Leaders Programme for behind-the-scenes access and valuable insights. Apply by 6 February 2025: bit.ly/BL-Internation…
We are looking to recruit a new Curator of Digital Mapping here at the British Library. For details and to apply please see ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webre…
The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography. Applications are invited from students of any discipline looking to do post grad-level work in UK historical map collections (deadline 1 November). For more information see maphistory.info/application.ht…
CARTOGRAPHY IN THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT = volume 4 of The History of Cartography series is now, as of today, FREELY AVAILABLE !!!!! Goto press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/inde… and click the link for volume 4. WOW WOW WOW The prettiest of all the volumes, if I say so myself.
Biscuits flavoured with Earl Grey and Yorkshire Lavender (because research is fuelled by tea). All designs painted by hand using food colouring gels, edible lustres, and vodka. Find out more about the history of the collection items featured in this set: blogs.bl.uk/living-knowled…
It’s the @britishlibrary’s 50th birthday! This biscuit (cookie) set is inspired by the British Library’s wonderful collections. Each biscuit depicts an item from one of their six core collection areas: stamps, newspapers, manuscripts, printed materials, maps, and sounds. 🍪
Make Maps Not War Wednesday, 21st June 2023. 18:00–20:00 Pushkin House, Live and online pushkinhouse.org/events/make-ma… @livingmaps @Pushkin_House
Latest @livingmaps event @Pushkin_House: Mapping Armageddon 1945- 2045: Out of the nuclear bunker into the fire next time With Timothy Barney and Bradley Garrett, Chaired by Phil Cohen May 17th Online Webinar. 6.00 pm – 8.00pm (UK BST) Tickets : mapping-armageddon.eventbrite.co.uk
British Antarctic Survey data is now available on the @britishlibrary onsite digital maps viewer blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmap…
Applications are invited for the Helen Wallis Fellowship, open to scholars using the @britishlibrary map collection in historical investigation. Deadline is 1 May bl.uk/projects/helen…
Tomorrow (Tuesday 21 March): The War Map as Spectacle: Cartographies of Terror and Conflict in Contemporary News Media @Pushkin_House @livingmaps pushkinhouse.org/events/maps-me…
Tomorrow (Tuesday 21 March): The War Map as Spectacle: Cartographies of Terror and Conflict in Contemporary News Media @Pushkin_House @livingmaps pushkinhouse.org/events/maps-me…
Looking forward to this @AmerTrustBL online event on Blaeu’s giant world map held by @ransomcenter. Here’s the @britishlibrary copy for comparison bl.uk/picturing-plac…
Looking forward to this @AmerTrustBL online event on Blaeu’s giant world map held by @ransomcenter. Here’s the @britishlibrary copy for comparison bl.uk/picturing-plac… https://t.co/yuSoXHkvPT
The British Library has collaborated with Escape Studios’ School of Interactive and Real Time to create an interactive version of the Ebstorf map. Made c. 1300, the Ebstorf map was the largest known medieval world map, made up of 30 parchment sheets. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

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