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Come, here is the map: Mercator at the British Library

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

Now available on the British Library’s Online Gallery of Virtual Books is the Mercator Map of Europe. You might assume from the name that it’s an early printed atlas, but this book is far more interesting than that. It was … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s world view: the history of maps

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

It’s hard, indeed impossible, for us to imagine what it would be like to live without a clear idea of the world outside our own immediate locality. But many people of Shakespeare’s period might never have seen what we would … Continue reading →

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