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Why is this book hairy?

Take a closer look at the hairy diary of a sailor involved in one of the search expeditions to find Sir John Franklin and his crew.

The Challenger Expedition

The 19th century voyage that transformed our understanding of the ocean

From mapmakers to mariners: searching for women's histories at the National Maritime Museum

I couldn't wait to explore the ship model collection as part of my Museum Fellowship.

'The whole world is here, but not all our stories are visible': exploring the collections with Remiiya Badru

My Creative Research Fellowship aimed to explore the collections from new perspectives and to engage with audiences in different ways.

A universal map in a dead language

This blog takes a look at an almost five-hundred-year-old geographical text in the Caird Library and Archive.

Voyages in ‘search and discoverie of strange coasts, the chiefe subject of this my labour’

Explore the works and legacy of Richard Hakluyt, an Elizabethan compiler and editor of travel writing, at the Caird Library and Archive.

Putting names to faces in the Challenger Expedition archives

Dr Rebecca Martin investigates the photograph albums from the Challenger Expedition, trying to recover the identities of the people the ship encountered on its global voyage

Telling the story of the Challenger Expedition, 1872–76

Daisy Chamberlain curated a recent display of Library and Archive materials relating to the Challenger Expedition (1872–76). Here she explores the hidden stories, scientific research and record of sailors' lives held within these materials.

Armchair Empires: Thomas Pennant’s ‘Outlines of the Globe’

Explore a fascinating collection in the Caird Library and Archive which was written by a “traveller” who didn’t do any travelling.