Carly Richardson

by Carly Richardson April 2, 2020 2

Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#3) – An interesting find

This post explores an interesting piece of ephemera, a map of ‘Rome in 1890’ published in ‘The Graphic’ newspaper in 1890.

by Carly Richardson March 26, 2020 1

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Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#2) – Collection provenance

This post delves into the provenance of thirty-six manuscript maps of the Greek Archipelago.

by Carly Richardson March 19, 2020 3

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Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#1) – Antiquarian maps

This is the first blog post in a series of three, and this post explores three maps of France, Greece and Italy by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville.

by Carly Richardson December 9, 2019 0

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Frederick Bearman Research Grant 2019: Islamic Slipcase Project

Click here to take a look at this blog-post from David Plummer, featuring Islamic slip-cases that are held in theContinue Reading

by Carly Richardson October 25, 2019 1

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Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Africa (#3) – An interesting find

This is a blog post detailing Irrigation maps and plans in Egypt from the Manchester Geographical Society Map Collection.

by Carly Richardson October 23, 2019 2

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Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Africa (#2) – Collection provenance

This is a blog post that describes interesting provenance of the Manchester Geographical Society map collection, including Eli Sowerbutts and Charles Roeder.