Nick Millea

Our next #TOSCA hosted by @bodleianlibs will be on Thurs 28 Nov. #LuzMartindelCampo of @CUNY on 'Vernacular environmental cartographies – landscapes & navigation unseen in Lacanjá Chansayab, Chiapas, México'. Open to all. Register at: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/tosca @bcsmaps @ISHMAP1

My turn to sign off now. For more on maps and more, you can find me at @MilleaNick.bsky.social See you there? @_BRICMICS @bcsmaps @ISHMAP1

Action from this morning's @bodleianlibs #SpecialCollections coffee morning. @DebbietheduckH presenting on her new #AdventuresinMaps book from @BodPublishing with focus on #Rockall, road maps & #Billericay. @_BRICMICS @bcsmaps @ISHMAP1 @StanfordsTravel

Too many Cook(e)s? #StuartAckland & @DebbietheduckH explore the cartographic contribution of John & Stephen Cooke in our latest @bodleianlibs #Maps blog. Go to: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ for more on North #London & #Plymouth & much more. @bcsmaps @_BRICMICS @LayersofLondon

#OnThisDay in 1904, RSGS celebrated its 20th anniversary with a banquet at Edinburgh's North British Station Hotel. In attendance was Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest #Shackleton and Thomas Robertson of the #Scotia expedition. Read more in our latest blog: rsgs.org/blog/a-toast-t…

SAVE THE DATE: December 2, 2024 'Seeing the Unseen in Oxford University Collections' at @bodleianlibs Register for the free seminar at Weston Library: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/dec24/se…

John Cooke's 'Geographical Clock', from his 'Universal Atlas' of 1802. Point the arrow on the inner disc at a location and get the time at 23 others, from which, as the text tells us, 'a spirit of enquiry may be wakened in the youthful breast' @bodleianlibs

🏰 Did you enjoy the first episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light? This is an extract from our Tudor London map showing the @TowerOfLondon around the time of Anne Boleyn's execution. Nab yourself a copy to discover the rest of Henry VIII's city: shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/tudor-…

#Map showing #Alnwick in 1827, cared for by @NorthldArchives See blog using plans & documents to examine a boundary dispute of 1829 northumberlandarchives.com/tag/maps/ #MapMonday @ARANorthern @ARAUK_IE

A real pleasure. And so glad you found the kink in the wall shown on Loggan's 1675 map of #Oxford. @hist_towns @_BRICMICS @OrdnanceSurvey

Humbled & thrilled that ‘Drink Maps in Victorian Britain’ has been short listed for the British Guild of Beer Writers beer/pub Book of the Year! Today I’m pairing it with beers from @Orkneybrewery @BodPublishing @UChicagoPress #BGBW24 @Britbeerwriters Congrats to all finalists!

It's the U.S. election, and here's a reminder of how it all started. On the cover of 'Washington D.C and vicinity' George Washington and the Founding Fathers lay the foundations in 1793 for the Capitol building, which rises, ghost-like, behind them @bodleianlibs @AmericanMaps

Safety event for cyclists in Oxford City Centre underway. hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/…

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Join us November 21st to celebrate GIS Day and ocean mapping at Live! At The Library! Dive into deep sea mapping with a keynote lecture, a collections display, interactive games, and more! Learn more in Worlds Revealed: blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/10/c…

My thanks to @PRONI_DFC and @RGS_IBGNIr for inviting me to contribute and speak on @IrelandMapped and launch our exhibition there in Titanic Quarter

A printed copy of the next issue of The Cartographic Journal should be landing on doormats now! BCS full, corporate, Fellows and Honorary Fellows all receive hard copies when they are published. All members can view the Journal online by logging into the Taylor & Francis website

Images from a 1947 edition of the Officer's Atlas, published by the Soviet General Staff, including the Solar System and an image of a 1945 eclipse seen from the USSR. Battle plans as well, from Marathon (490 B.C.E.) to Berlin (1945) @bodleianlibs

🗺️ Did you know that beneath Ripon Cathedral lies a 7th-century crypt that is the oldest north of the Alps? Here's a sneak peek at our brand new historical map of Ripon which is now available to buy from our online shop: shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/histor…

@hist_towns about to go live at #ofhs fair at Cherwell School, #Oxford. Come and see us in Hall 3. Here until 4pm. @OxTweets @BBCOxford @GHROxfordshire @MorrissOxford @OxfordPresTrust