British Library Datasets
British Library Datasets
British Library Datasets
As part of our work to open our data to wider use, we make copies of some datasets available for research and creative purposes. We aim to describe collections in terms of their data format (images, full text, metadata, etc), licences, temporal and geographic scope, originating purpose (e.g. specific digitisation projects or exhibitions) and collection, and related subjects or themes.
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Item type:3D image, Gabriel Wright & William Bardin, Celestial Globe, Maps G.8a(2019-12-09)British LibraryThe Celestial Globe … made by W. Bardin, etc. London: Harrison & Co., 1783. 1 globe: hand coloured; 23 cm. in diameter. This globe forms a pair with the terrestrial globe at Maps G.8.b. This globe by Gabriel Wright and William Bardin, together with its terrestrial partner, formed part of an interesting publicity strategy. A new monthly serial, The Geographical Magazine; Or a New Copious, Compleat and Universal System of Geography, was launched in January 1782. As a promotional inducement, subscribers were offered a pair of globes ‘gratis’. After buying the ?rst twenty editions readers could acquire a terrestrial globe, and after the fortieth edition they could claim its celestial partner. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of these models please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/n6kovr/alma990048175250109251 See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20210619062549/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/bardin-and-wrights-free-gift-celestial-globe4 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, JISC UK Web Domain Dataset Crawled URL Index. 1996 - 2013. CDX.UKWA Open DataThe dataset comprises original compound index (CDX) files that have been re-assembled into 18 separate CDX files for each year of crawling activity represented (1996 - 2013). Please note that the individual CDX files are not sorted. In order to enable access to web archives, UKWA uses CDX files to act as indexes so that it is possible to look up which ARC or WARC files contain which URLs and responses. In partnership with the Internet Archive and JISC, UKWA had obtained access to the subset of the Internet Archive’s web collection that relates to the UK. The JISC UK Web Domain Dataset (1996 - 2013) contains all of the resources from the Internet Archive that were hosted on domains ending in ‘.uk’, or that are required in order to render those UK pages. For more information: http://data.webarchive.org.uk/opendata/ukwa.ds.2/cdx/25 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Richard Cushee, Celestial Globe, 1730, Maps G.14a(2020-03-23)British LibraryA new celestial globe, by Richard Cushee. Forms a pair with his celestial globe, 1730 (Maps G.14.b.). This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900499634901092512 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Board's Collections Vol 1767, IOR/F/4/1767(2021-06-29)British LibraryIndia Office Records and Private Papers. BL catalogue record: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-0007501636 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Terrestrial Globe, 1606, Maps G.6b(2020-03-24)British LibraryNova et accurata Terrae Marisq. Sphaera, denuo recognita et correcta à Gulielmo Blaeu. Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1606 (1621). 1 globe : hand coloured; 13.5 cm. in diameter. This globe by Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) was originally published in 1606 but has been revised to include the discoveries at the tip of South America in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten (active 1590–1618) and Jacob Le Maire (1585–1616). The globe forms a pair with the celestial globe at Maps G.6.a. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900496306801092515 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Winnie-the-Pooh, Add MS 74954 B(2018-03-15)British LibraryWinnie-the-Pooh, Brown plasticine. BL catalogue record: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-001969333 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, JG Doppelmayr, Terrestrial Globe, 1728, Maps G.36b(2020-02-20)British LibraryGlobus Terrestrius by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Nuremberg, 1728. 1 globe, 31 cm. in diameter, mounted on a four-legged wooden stand with a meridian ring and hour ring. The terrestrial globe displays many of the recent discoveries of the early eighteenth century, but it also pays homage to several important explorers of the past. Many tracks are shown, including those of Magellan, Le Maire, Tasman and Dampier, as well as the very recent journey of the Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen (1659–1729), who discovered Easter Island in 1722 during an unsuccessful expedition to ?nd the mythical great southern continent. Forms a pair with Johann Doppelmayr’s celestial globe, 1728 (Maps G.36.a.). This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9901300616101092514 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Celestial Globe, 1602, Maps G.9b(2020-03-25)British Library*Habes hic, Astrophile, stellarum inerrantium ex certissis D. Tych: Brahe (mei quÅ dam praeceptoris) observationis, numero & dispositione prae aliis, Ä no 1602 accommodatarum Sphoeram accuratissime expolitam: * Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1602. 1 globe: hand coloured, 23 cm. in diameter. This globe was first produced in 1602. It shows a nova in the constellation of Cygnus which Blaeu had personally observed in 1600. The globe forms a pair with the terrestrial globe at Maps G.9.a. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900481751501092517 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, JISC UK Web Domain Dataset Host Link Graph. 1996 - 2010. TSV.UKWA Open DataThe dataset comprises ~2.5 billion 200 OK responses from the 1996 - 2010 tranche of the JISC UK Web Domain Dataset which have been scanned for hyperlinks. For each link, UKWA extracts the host that the link targets, and uses this to build up a picture of which hosts have linked to which other hosts, over time. In partnership with the Internet Archive and JISC, UKWA had obtained access to the subset of the Internet Archive’s web collection that relates to the UK. The JISC UK Web Domain Dataset (1996 - 2013) contains all of the resources from the Internet Archive that were hosted on domains ending in ‘.uk’, or that are required in order to render those UK pages. For more information: http://data.webarchive.org.uk/opendata/ukwa.ds.2/host-linkage/13 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Gabriel Wright & William Bardin, Terrestrial Globe, Maps G.8b(2019-12-09)British LibraryA new, accurate, and compleat Terrestrial Globe … laid down by the late Mr. James Ferguson … improv’d by G. Wright, and made by W. Bardin, etc. London: Harrison & Co., 1783. 1 globe: hand coloured, 23 cm. in diameter. This globe forms a pair with the celestial globe at Maps G.8.a. The globes made by Gabriel Wright (active 1782–1803) and his collaborator William Bardin (active 1775–98) marked a new phase in English globe-making that continued well into the nineteenth century. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma990049630870109251 See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20200730170628mp_/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/bardin-and-wrights-free-gift-terrestrial-globe2