Exploration and encounters

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 19th century voyage that transformed our understanding of the ocean

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

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

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

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.

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

In this blog we look at cartographer John Rocque's An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, ‘the outstanding plan of the capital in the eighteenth century’

150 years ago, HMS Challenger departed England on a quest to explore the world’s oceans. Its impact is still felt today