maps

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Community Open Map Platform project supporting green transition secures major funding

04 Sep 2023

A team led by Professor Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded one of four new £4.625 million Green Transition...

Mapping the world - one digitisation at a time

20 Jan 2021

They transport us, educate us, and inspire us but when was the last time you used a map? Explore the world of maps on the Cambridge Digital Library.

Mapping the Moon through the ages

16 Jul 2019

On the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, the University Library shares some of its incredible moon-related maps and archive.

A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones, 1813, by John Mawe

Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with landmark exhibition

24 Nov 2017

A box full of diamonds, volcanic rock from Mount Vesuvius, and the geology guide that Darwin packed for his epic voyage on the Beagle will go on...

The Magna Carta of scientific maps

01 Aug 2015

One of the most important maps of the UK ever made – described as the ‘Magna Carta of geology’ – is to go on permanent public display in Cambridge...

19th-century recreation of King John signing the Magna Carta

On the trail of King John before (and after) the signing of Magna Carta

13 Jun 2015

King John, that most restless of monarchs, is back in the spotlight as the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta approaches. For the first...

Look familiar?

04 Apr 2012

Introducing the online game for Londoners which researchers hope will one day influence the shape of the nation’s capital.

Hand-coloured proof of John Speed's map of Cambridgeshire. Atlas.2.61.1

‘Picture This #4’ – John Speed Map of Cambridgeshire, University Library.

31 Aug 2011

John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world’s great cartographic treasures.

John Speed's proof map of Cambridgeshire

Mapping the origins of a masterpiece

21 Apr 2011

Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge University Library, home to one of only five...