Apologies for cross-posting.
A new exhibition has just opened in Cambridge University Library's
Exhibition Centre:-
Unfolding Landscapes: Maps of Cambridgeshire from Elizabeth I to
Elizabeth II
traces the key events in the mapping of the County from 1573-2003.
Included are the County maps of Christopher Saxton, William Kip, John
Speed, Philip Lea, Emanuel Bowen, Richard Baker and others; Richard
Lyne's map
of Cambridge (1574); John Ogilby's map of the road from Oxford to
Cambridge (1675); Ordnance Survey maps from 1836 to the present day -
and much more!
The exhibition is open:
30 April to 18 October 2003, Mon-Fri 09.00-18.00, Sat 0900-16.30.
(closed 25 August and 16-23 September inclusive.) Admission is free. The
University Library is on West Road, Cambridge (full address below)
There is a small promotional leaflet but no catalogue.
Some images and further information can be found at:
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/unfold/index.htm
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Anne Taylor
Head of the Map Department
Cambridge University Library
West Road Tel: +44 (0)1223-333041
Cambridge Fax: +44 (0)1223-333160
CB3 9DR ENGLAND email: [log in to unmask]
www.lib.cam.ac.uk
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