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Rare Books and Manuscripts 349
Reference Library 12

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Rocque, John, -1762 18
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823 13
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey 13
G.W. Bacon & Co. 7
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703 5
Ackroyd, Norman, 1938– 4
C. & J. Greenwood 4
Faden, William, 1749–1836 4
Speed, John, 1552?-1629 4
Storff, Paul Auguste de 4
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685 3
Foster, Tony, born 1946 3
G.W. Bacon & Co 3
J. & C. Walker (Firm) 3
Kip, William 3
London Transport Board 3
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768 3
Moule, Thomas, 1784–1851 3
Popple, Henry, -1743 3
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?- 3
Stanford, Edward, 1827–1904 3
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 2
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680 2
Bartholomew, John, 1831–1893 2
Beckman, Martin, -1702 2
Boazio, Baptista 2
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835 2
Chasseaud, Peter 2
Edward Stanford Ltd 2
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756 2

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 349
Accessible in the Reference Library 12

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 360

Image Available

unavailable 340
available 20

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 1

Classification

Maps & Atlas (printed) 198
Books 107
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 26
Archives & Manuscripts 10
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 10
Prints 4
Articles & Chapters 2

Collective Title

Period

19th century 155
18th century 101
20th century 46
17th century 40
21st century 22
16th century 4

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

map 360

engraving 115
ink drawing 30
watercolor 30
lithograph 28
etching 25
armorial bookplates (provenance) 20
aquatint 17
early work 15
wood engraving 13
recreation 12
game 11
ephemera 9
textile 9
artists' book 7
board game 7
hand coloring 7
steel engraving 7
history 6
land survey 6
publisher's advertisement 6
travel literature 6
chromolithograph 5
embroidery (visual works) 5
view 5
advertisement 4
children's art 4
cloth map 4
cloth print 4
guidebook 4

Genre

Subject Terms

London (England) -- Maps. 27
Fortification -- Great Britain. 17
Great Britain -- Defenses. 17
England -- Maps. 15
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. 15
Wales -- Maps. 13
Geographical recreations -- Specimens. 12
London (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 12
Cambridgeshire (England) -- Maps. 11
Cambridgeshire (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 10
Rocque, John, -1762 -- Provenance. 10
Geography -- Study and teaching. 6
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance. 6
London (England) -- Guidebooks. 6
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 6
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 5
British -- America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 5
Discoveries in geography. 5
Educational games. 5
England -- Description and travel. 5
England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 5
Europe -- Maps. 5
Great Britain -- Maps. 5
London Region (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 5
Rocque, John, d. 1762 -- Provenance. 5
Voyages and travels. 5
America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 4
America -- Maps. 4
Arctic regions. 4
Cambridge (England) -- Maps. 4

Subject Period

18th century 27
19th century 13
17th century 6
20th century 6
16th century 2
21st century 2
Description and travel 2
Silurian 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 52
London (England) 45
England 37
Cambridgeshire (England) 23
Wales 20
United States 15
America 11
Canada 8
London Region (England) 8
North America 8
West Indies 8
Arctic regions 7
Isle of Wight (England) 7
Scotland 7
Europe 6
France 6
London 6
Northwest Passage 6
Cambridge (England) 5
India 5
Ireland 5
Middle Atlantic States 5
Northwest, Canadian 5
Dublin (Ireland) 4
Dublin Region (Ireland) 4
Edinburgh 4
Essex (England) 4
Guernsey 4
Hull (England) 4
Italy 4

Associated People

Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601 2
Foster, Tony, born 1946 2
L'Olonnais, 1630–1671 2
Lee family 2
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832 2
Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817 2
Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679–1682 2
Adams, Robert, -1595 1
Arrhenius, Lars 1
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771 1
Banks, Joseph, 1743–1820 1
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818 1
Beresford, William, active 1788 1
Bigges, Walter, -1586 1
Bossi, Silvestro 1
Brett, Percy 1
Brooke, F. C. (Francis Capper), 1810–1886 1
Bruce, James, 1730–1794 1
Burlington, George Cavendish, Earl of, 1754–1834 1
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683–1737 1
Carr, Backhouse, 1727 or 8–1796 1
Churchyard, Emma, 1828–1878 1
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926 1
Cook, James, 1728–1779 1
Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798–1863 1
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540–1596 1
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900–2002 1
Fairfax family 1
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692–1782 1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819 1

Exhibition History

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 10
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 8
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 1
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 1

Credit Line

22709589860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22606027200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606090340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606093680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606108160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609451400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22610869040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22615962600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 1
22616517130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22618100680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22618119220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22621875680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22625172020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632260760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22632482200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632702790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632839500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22633036770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22636054710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637302220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637420050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22642032850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968 1
22642032870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22642265860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22644264170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22644727420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22646208540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22648598500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22648619860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22648621410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
South Bank Centre

Summer of smiles

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande

circa 1600
Accessible in the Study Room
Zoological Society of London

A map of the Zoological Society Gardens in Regents Park commonly called... [Read more]

[approximately 1947]
Accessible in the Study Room
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport

approximately 1678
Accessible in the Study Room
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868

The paths of life

[circa 1840]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns

[ca. 1845?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[The travellers guide

[1686?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Beckman, Martin, -1702

Plans for the fortifications at Hull

1681-1682
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Queen Hotel (Chester, England)

Queen Hotel

[188-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr.... [Read more]

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

[late 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival pleasure gardens

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Forbes, James, 1749–1819

James Forbes archive
Accessible in the Study Room
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818

Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire

1784-1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Basil, Simon, -1615

Survey of Hertford Castle

1608
Accessible in the Study Room
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680

Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings

ca. 1680
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis's tour of Europe

Nov. 24th, 1794
Image not yet available

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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrated excursions in Italy

MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Image not yet available

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Bruce, James, 1730–1794

James Bruce archive,

ca. 1750-ca.1850
Image not yet available

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Dampier, William, 1652–1715

A collection of voyages

MDCCXXIX [1729]
Image not yet available

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Atkinson, Christopher W. (Christopher William)

The emigrant's guide to New Brunswick, British North America

1842
Image not yet available

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A new geographical game exhibiting a complete tour through Scotland and the... [Read more]

1792
Image not yet available

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Pownall, Thomas, 1722–1805

A topographical description of such parts of North America as are... [Read more]

MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
Image not yet available

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La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827

Travels through the United States of North America

1799
Image not yet available

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Browne, Christopher, active 1684–1712

A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania... [Read more]

[1685?]
Image not yet available

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Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754–1833

A history of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the southern provinces of North... [Read more]

MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Image not yet available

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Rocque, John, -1762

A map of the kingdom of Ireland

[between 1762 and 1773]
Image not yet available

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De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

Plans for fortification and harbor works at Dunkirk

1661-1662?
Accessible in the Reference Library
Ravenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834–1913

The Oarsman's and Angler's map of the River Thames from its source to London... [Read more]

1991
Image not yet available

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Stanford, Edward, 1827–1904

Stanford's library map of London and its suburbs

1862
Image not yet available

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Chapman, John, active 1772–1777

A map of the county of Essex

June, 1785
Image not yet available

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Wallis, J. (John), -1818

Wallis's tour of Europe

March 13th, 1811
Image not yet available

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Richardson, John, Sir, 1787–1865

Arctic searching expedition

1851
Image not yet available

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Speed, John, 1552?-1629

A new and accurat map of the world

1651 [1676 printing]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Andrews, J. H. (John Harwood), 1927–

History in the ordnance map

1974
Image not yet available

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Adair, James, approximately 1709–1783

The history of the American Indians

MDCCLXXV [1775]
Image not yet available

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Gibson, J. (John), active 1750–1792

The road from London to Cambridge, Ely & Kings Lynn

[1769]
Image not yet available

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Public works of Great Britain

1838
Image not yet available

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Dorling, Daniel

People and places

2016
Image not yet available

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Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

Map of the island of Ceylon

5, Janry. 1805
Image not yet available

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London Transport Board

Trolleybus & tram map

1939
Image not yet available

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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790–1855

Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to... [Read more]

MDCCCXXI [1821]
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Faden, William, 1749–1836

A new pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster

[1790]
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Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America

[1810]
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Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632–1723

Ichnographia urbis Londinii

1724
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Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Lane, Kilburn

[approximately 1890]
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Camden, William, 1551–1623

Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms... [Read more]

1806
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Collins' Standard map of London

1874
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Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

Westmorland

[1695]
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Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792–1871

The Silurian region and adjacent counties of England & Wales geologically... [Read more]

[1839?]
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A map of Cambridgeshire

[1720?]
Image not yet available

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Rocque, John, -1762

Proposals

1745]
Image not yet available

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Adam and Charles Black (Firm)

The tourist's map of Scotland

[1866?]
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Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir, 1791–1847

Newfoundland in 1842

1842
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Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

A map of the United States of North America

Jan. 1st, 1796 [that is, 1802]
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Popple, Henry, -1743

A map of the British Empire in America

[ca. 1737]
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Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

Map of the world on a globular projection

Jany. 1, 1794 [i.e. 1811?]
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The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke

circa 1600
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Phillips, Thomas, -1693

Nautical chart of the east coast of Guernsey

ca. 1680
Image not yet available

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Bowen, Emanuel, -1767

The County of Cambridge

1759
Accessible in the Reference Library
Barker, Felix, 1917–1997

The history of London in maps

©1990
Image not yet available

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Rapkin, J.

Overland route to India

[1851]
Image not yet available

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Walker's tour through England and Wales

January 2nd 1809
Image not yet available

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Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

[Radnor]

1st October 1833
Image not yet available

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Kinloch, C. W. (Charles Walter), -1893

De zieke reiziger, or, Rambles in Java and the straits

MDCCCLIII [1853]
Image not yet available

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G.W. Bacon & Co

Bacon's large print map of the environs of London

[192-?]
Image not yet available

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Nantiat, Jasper

The Russian dominions in Europe

1808
Image not yet available

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Dilnot, John

Map

[2004]
Image not yet available

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The first map of Australia

[1856]
Image not yet available

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Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812

Travels through the Maritime Alps, from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de... [Read more]

1795
Image not yet available

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De Chair, Somerset Struben, 1911–

The silver crescent

1943
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Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Paris &c.

1754
Image not yet available

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Rocque, John, -1762

A survey of the city, harbour, bay and environs of Dublin

1757
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Bartholomew, John, 1831–1893

Black's map of environs of London

[1885?]
Image not yet available

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Ackroyd, Norman, 1938–

The Barra Isles

2016
Image not yet available

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Herndon, William Lewis, 1813–1857

Exploration of the valley of the Amazon

1854
Image not yet available

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Senex, John, -1740

A new map of Virginia, Mary-Land, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania... [Read more]

1719
Image not yet available

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Storff, Paul Auguste de

Plan of the fortification at Sandown, Isle of Wight

[1671?]
Image not yet available

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Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

[Downham]

1st March 1824
Image not yet available

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Rocque, John, -1762

An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin

1756
Image not yet available

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Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756

A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware counties

1749
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Bowles, John, 1701–1779

A new and exact map of America laid down from the latest observations and... [Read more]

[approximately 1740?]
Image not yet available

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A consequential coastline

1996
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Burney, James, 1750–1821

A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific... [Read more]

1803-1817
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James, Edwin, 1797–1861

Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains

1822-1823
Image not yet available

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G.W. Bacon & Co.

Bacon's large scale plan of Harrow

[1913]
Image not yet available

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Gerning, J. I. (Johann Isaac), 1767–1837

A picturesque tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne

MDCCCXX [1820]
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A practical guide during a journey from London to Paris

1802
Image not yet available

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Faden, William, 1749–1836

A topographical map of the county of Norfolk

1797
Image not yet available

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Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885

Transatlantic sketches

1833
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Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834–1903

Walks in Rome

1878
Image not yet available

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Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853

Manuscript copy of Richard Turner's A view of the earth : a short system of... [Read more]

1798
Image not yet available

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John Bartholomew & Co

Bartholomew's plan of London

[ca. 1907?]
Image not yet available

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Rocque, John, -1762

The Seraglio & gardens of the Grand Seignior = Serrail & jardins du Grand... [Read more]

1752
Image not yet available

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Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]

[1839-1874?]
Image not yet available

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Gardner, W. R.

New and Improved map of England and Wales, including the principal part of... [Read more]

16th. April 1823
Image not yet available

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Salter, Ann, b. 1830 or 1831

The United Kingdom

early 1840s?

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