cloth – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:45:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg cloth – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Burmese Maps at Cambridge https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/04/burmese-maps-at-cambridge/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:45:20 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4321 More]]>
Map of the Maingnyaung region, located between the Chindwin and Mu Rivers in Upper Burma, in the present-day Sagaing Region, ca. 1860. Textile map, 209 × 204 cm. Cambridge University Library Special Collections. Creative Commons licence.

Natasha Pairaudeau: “Imagine maps as big as bedsheets, and then imagine the sheets big enough for beds made wide enough to sleep extended families. Only such a double stretch of the imagination can provide the scale of the three Burmese maps in the University Library’s collection, which have recently been made available online in digital format.” [Cartophilia]

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