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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 5h

Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 5h

In our editorial introduction (free to all to read!) we lay out our decolonial approach and why we won’t define “Indigenous” or “maps and mapping”

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Issue Editors’ Introduction: Indigenous Maps and Mapping

Published in Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography (Vol. 77, No. 1, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 5h

Issue 77.1 of @imagomundi.bsky.social is out!

I co-edited this issue on Indigenous maps and mapping with Natchee Blu Barnd. Articles cover topics in North America, Africa, and Hawai’i.

#newissue #histcart #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Imago Mundi

Volume 77, Issue 1 of Imago Mundi

www.tandfonline.com

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TripelB Belgian Beer Café @tripelb.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to us! 🥳 HUGE thanks for celebrating us being in our 7th year, at our banging birthday party. Thanks to your support, we’ve managed to achieve more over the last 6 years than we can write on Bluesky! (You'll have to look on Facebook or Instagram!)
#worcestershirehour

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 1d

We've just shared this and other #map treasures with the Historic Houses Archivists' Group here at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. A wonderful visit.

Saw this on a map @stuartackland.bsky.social · 1d

Bartomeu Olives 1575 portolan nautical chart of the Mediterranean includes a lovely elephant and the Red Sea (in red, obvs). Included is the parting of the sea created by God for Moses and the Israelites to cross, fleeing from the Egyptians, as stated in Exodus chapter 14. @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 4d

A very warm welcome to our new followers 😌. Since 1967, we’ve been creating historical maps that chart the evolution of Britain’s towns and cities over time. Find out more about our important work here: historictownstrust.uk

Historic Town's Trust | History of towns in England, Scotland and Wales

The Historic Towns Trust is a charity which investigates the histories of towns in England, Scotland, and Wales, and communicates this through the publication of atlases and maps, and through educatio...

historictownstrust.uk

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 3d

Great to see the latest IHTA, the atlas series has been going now for an impressive forty years, a fantastic research resource

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 3d

RIA will launch IHTA no. 32, Ballyshannon, with a special event held at the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon on 9 Oct

Book your tickets here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FJ5RcO4shUmBIabQsPKVagEk8nycQwVNgsnddUEEIwVUQjFBM0MxSUFXQkNCODBHQlQyM01POVJLWS4u&route=shorturl

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Saw this on a map @stuartackland.bsky.social · 2d

Herman Moll's 1724 '...maps of England and Wales' are a set of county maps, and standard for the time. What sets the maps apart from others are the illustrations, be they wonderfully named caverns in the Peak District, ancient monuments or a confused approach to old fossils @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoying the party!

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TripelB Belgian Beer Café @tripelb.bsky.social · 6d

Struise/Prearis collab? A blend of Pannepeut & Quad? 4 different barrel aged versions? Yes! Come to our birthday party Sunday & enjoy the rum, brandy, whisky & bourbon variants!

#belgianbeer #belgianbeers #belgianbeercafe #struise #prearis #instabeers #beerstagram #beernerd #worcestershirehour

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The Map Room @maproomblog.com · 12d

Geographical has an article about Oculus Mundi, the online home of the Sunderland Collection, a private collection of 13th- to 19th-century maps amassed over the years by its eponymous founder, Neil Sunderland, that sat in… More

Oculus Mundi

Geographical has an article about Oculus Mundi, the online home of the Sunderland Collection, a private collection of 13th- to 19th-century maps amassed over the years by its eponymous founder, Neil Sunderland, that sat in… More

www.maproomblog.com

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 14d

Maps can inspire discovery – or fuel division.

Prof James Cheshire’s Library of Lost Maps explores both sides. Hear his talk at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Monday Night Lecture, 6 Oct.

Book now: tinyurl.com/ucl-llm

#UCLGeography #MapsMatter #LibraryOfLostMaps

The library of lost maps - lecture

Hear from James Cheshire as he uncovers hidden gems from a lost map library, revealing how maps and their makers have shaped our world.

tinyurl.com

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British Cartographic Society @bcsmaps.bsky.social · 20d

Call for applications - The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography

Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html

Please forward to others who might be interested.

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 21d

This year’s Harley Fellowships are open! Have a map history project that requires work in UK archives? Pitch it for funding (up to £2000)! Deadline is 1 November

www.maphistory.info/application....

#maps #maphistory #Skystorians 🗃️

Applying for a Harley Fellowship in the History of Cartography

www.maphistory.info

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 20d

Time for another @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @debbietheduck.bsky.social on C19 #European #post roads, with an intriguing publishing backstory. Learn more about the "disappearing engraver" at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ @bcsmaps.bsky.social @maproomblog.com @mapsmania.bsky.social

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to speak today in #Goring-on-Thames on the #medieval #GoughMap of #Britain. Thanks to #GoringGapLocalHistorySoc for hosting. A great audience. @leverhulme.ac.uk @bodleian.ox.ac.uk www.digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 25d

Action from the @historictownstrust.bsky.social stand from @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social Open Doors today at Old County Hall in #Oxford. HTT will be back tomorrow, so if you are keen on British urban history and #maps, do come and visit. www.historictownstrust.uk @profkdlilley.bsky.social

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to a 🌏 day with experts Michael Day, Sylvia Sumira, and Renae Satterley discussing the Molyneux globes @middletemple.bsky.social. #globes #maps #studyday

Sign up for the 11 Oct event here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/mid... 🗃️

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 29d

Time for another @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog by @stuartackland.bsky.social, exploring the career of Dutch polymath Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611). Itineraries, the mapping of what became #Indonesia, and even espionage feature prominently. blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ @bcsmaps.bsky.social

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · Sep 3

I better come back then!

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Sep 1

@livingmaps.bsky.social Tickets are now on sale at the British Library for "Secret Mapping: Mapping Secrecy"
Professor Jerry Brotton will host an afternoon dedicated to maps and their secrets!!
events.bl.uk/events/onlin...

Secret Mapping: Mapping Secrecy | British Library

All maps contain some kind of secret to be uncovered, from how to get from A to B to clandestine maps of treasure, escapes and invasions. Yet all secrets a

events.bl.uk

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sadly the tap had just run dry when we arrived yesterday. But loads of other good stuff, as per usual.

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Did anyone notice this strange weather map in the #Observer a couple of weeks ago? What has happened to the Dutch-German border? @bcsmaps.bsky.social @stuartackland.bsky.social

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just visited the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @radiohead.wastehq.social 'This is what you get' exhibit. Great to see art inspired by the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #TalkingMaps show. al-Idrīsī, Sheldon #tapestries perhaps? @jerrybrotton.bsky.social @bcsmaps.bsky.social Congrats all round!

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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wonderful event on 30 Oct in London: "Challenging maps and exploration symposium" @rgsibg.bsky.social @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social & co-organised w/ the amazing Sunderland Collection (oculi-mundi.com).

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

#maps #histsci #skystorians

Challenging maps and exploration symposium

Join us for a day of expert panels discussing the connections, historical and contemporary, between maps and exploration.

www.rgs.org

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