British Library - collections overview
British Library, London
Cutting the Sugar Cane c.1786
The British Library is custodian of the most important research collection in the world, spanning almost 3,000 years and from every continent. They have an extensive online catalogue of their books, sound recordings and paper holdings already online. This page therefore just pulls out some of the more interesting holdings from their vast catalogue of material.
In particular, Mike Phillips recently curated two online exhibitions: Black Europeans and Caribbean Views. We link to them here.
Collection Details
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Oceania
The British Library has the largest collection on Australia, New… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Irish
The British Library's Modern Irish Collections (1915-) hold a wide… -
Near & Middle East
Most of the British Library's Arabic-language material is held as… -
Eastern Europe
The British Library's collections in the field of Slavonic, East… -
Caribbean
Cutting the Sugar Cane c.1786Using the themes of sugar, slavery… -
Asian: Indian
The British Library hold the India Office Records: that is,… -
African
Drawing on items in the British Library and other collections…