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Rare Books and Manuscripts 384
Reference Library 12

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Rocque, John, -1762 21
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823 14
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey 13
G.W. Bacon & Co. 7
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703 6
Ackroyd, Norman, 1938– 4
C. & J. Greenwood 4
Faden, William, 1749–1836 4
Kip, William 4
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676 4
Speed, John, 1552?-1629 4
Storff, Paul Auguste de 4
Boazio, Baptista 3
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685 3
Foster, Tony, born 1946 3
G.W. Bacon & Co 3
J. & C. Walker (Firm) 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
Capper, Benjamin Pitts 2
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835 2
Chasseaud, Peter 2

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 384
Accessible in the Reference Library 12

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 360
Free to Use 35

Image Available

unavailable 340
available 55

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 1

Classification

Maps & Atlas (printed) 218
Books 113
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 31
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 13
Archives & Manuscripts 10
Prints 5
Articles & Chapters 2

Collective Title

Period

19th century 164
18th century 116
17th century 49
20th century 47
21st century 22
16th century 5

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

map 395

engraving 125
ink drawing 35
watercolor 34
etching 32
lithograph 30
armorial bookplates (provenance) 21
aquatint 19
early work 15
recreation 15
game 14
wood engraving 14
textile 10
board game 9
ephemera 9
hand coloring 9
land survey 8
artists' book 7
steel engraving 7
embroidery (visual works) 6
history 6
publisher's advertisement 6
travel literature 6
children's art 5
chromolithograph 5
samplers (embroidery) 5
view 5
advertisement 4
aerial view 4
cloth map 4

Genre

Subject Terms

London (England) -- Maps. 28
Fortification -- Great Britain. 18
Great Britain -- Defenses. 18
London (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 17
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. 16
England -- Maps. 15
Geographical recreations -- Specimens. 14
Wales -- Maps. 13
Cambridgeshire (England) -- Maps. 12
Rocque, John, -1762 -- Provenance. 11
Cambridgeshire (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 10
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance. 8
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 8
Geography -- Study and teaching. 7
London Region (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 7
British -- America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 6
Europe -- Maps. 6
London (England) -- Guidebooks. 6
Rocque, John, d. 1762 -- Provenance. 6
Voyages and travels. 6
America -- Maps. 5
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 5
Cambridge (England) -- Maps. 5
Cartography -- Study and teaching. 5
Discoveries in geography. 5
Educational games. 5
England -- Description and travel. 5
England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 5
Great Britain -- Maps. 5
Hull (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 5

Subject Period

18th century 28
19th century 15
17th century 7
20th century 7
16th century 2
21st century 2
Description and travel 2
Silurian 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 56
London (England) 51
England 38
Cambridgeshire (England) 24
Wales 20
United States 16
America 14
London Region (England) 11
North America 10
Canada 9
India 9
West Indies 8
Arctic regions 7
Europe 7
Isle of Wight (England) 7
London 7
Scotland 7
Cambridge (England) 6
France 6
Northwest Passage 6
Essex (England) 5
Hull (England) 5
Ireland 5
Italy 5
Middle Atlantic States 5
Northwest, Canadian 5
Suffolk (England) 5
Westminster (London, England) 5
Dublin (Ireland) 4
Dublin Region (Ireland) 4

Associated People

Bigges, Walter, -1586 2
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540–1596 2
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
Arundel, Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1608–1652 1
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771 1
Banks, Joseph, 1743–1820 1
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818 1
Barnwell, John, ca. 1671–1724 1
Beresford, William, active 1788 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
Catesby, Mark, 1683–1749 1
Churchyard, Emma, 1828–1878 1
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926 1
Comberford, Nicholas, -1673 1
Cook, James, 1728–1779 1
Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798–1863 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) 13
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 10
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
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 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
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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
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 3
22971087020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22606027200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606087540008651|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
22618078980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 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
22632912210008651|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
22642340080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22644264170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

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English 395

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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
Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Rome

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

The environs of London

[1763]
Accessible in the Study Room
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[The travellers guide

[1686?]
Accessible in the Study Room
North America, and the West Indies

[1764?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Harvey, Maria Ann, 1797–1893

The map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, France and Ireland, worked... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Beckman, Martin, -1702

Plans for the fortifications at Hull

1681-1682
Accessible in the Study Room
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

A new map of the English empire in America

[ca. 1695]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hodges, William, 1744–1797

Choix de vues de l'Inde

[1788]
Accessible in the Study Room
A survey of the estate of John Plampin Esquire, taken in 1774,

1774
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748
Accessible in the Study Room
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863

Panorama of the Rhine and the adjacent country from Cologne to Mayence

[between 1834 and 1839]
Accessible in the Study Room
Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns

[ca. 1845?]
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
Probert, John, active 1764

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

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868

The paths of life

[circa 1840]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

A large and accurate map of the city of London

1677]
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
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Africa

MDC LXX [1670]
Accessible in the Study Room
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport

approximately 1678
Accessible in the Study Room
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande

circa 1600
Accessible in the Study Room
L'orient, or, The Indian travellers : a geographical and historical game

[1846]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rennell, James, 1742–1830

A map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
South Bank Centre

Summer of smiles

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Walker, John, 1786–1873

This newly constructed and extended map of India

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
Cooke, Edward, Captain

A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709,... [Read more]

MDCCXII [1712]
Accessible in the Study Room
Queen Hotel (Chester, England)

Queen Hotel

[188-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677

Kyngeston vpon Hvll

circa 1642
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival pleasure gardens

1951
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
Boazio, Baptista

The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes... [Read more]

[1589?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

Outline of the countries between Delhi and Constantinople

1814 [i.e. 1821?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644

Marchionatus Brandenburgicus

[ca. 1681]
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
Wilkins, William, 1778–1839

The antiquities of Magna Graecia

MDCCCVII [1807]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kip, William

Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova... [Read more]

An 1602
Accessible in the Study Room
Hammerton, William, -1732

Map of the southeastern part of North America

1721
Accessible in the Study Room
Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

[late 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Taylor, Isaac, 1730–1807

The county of Dorset

June 1st, 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
A survey of the estate of Richard Moore, Esq., Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621

London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom.... [Read more]

October 30th, 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

[between 1796 and 1809]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis, J. (John), -1818

Wallis's new dissected map of America : engraved from the latest... [Read more]

[between 1812 and 1818]
Accessible in the Study Room
Basil, Simon, -1615

Survey of Hertford Castle

1608
Accessible in the Study Room
To Martin Folkes, esq., president of the Royal Society

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

James Forbes archive
Accessible in the Study Room
Evans, Henry Smith

The Crystal Palace game

[1854?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis's tour of Europe

Nov. 24th, 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

America

MDCLXXI [1671]
Accessible in the Study Room
Map of North America

not before 1634
Accessible in the Study Room
John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]
Accessible in the Study Room
Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677

London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie... [Read more]

[1666?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrated excursions in Italy

MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bruce, James, 1730–1794

James Bruce archive,

ca. 1750-ca.1850
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Map

[2004]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
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

Accessible in the Study Room
A consequential coastline

1996
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Arrhenius, Lars

A-Z / by Lars Arrhenius ; essay by Andrew Wilson ; index [to questions by map... [Read more]

2003
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark,... [Read more]

1746
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
A map of the Environs of Constantinople ... A. Arrowsmith 1801 and 1804

1804
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bourne, John C.

The history and description of the Great Western Railway

MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Laurie, Richard Holmes

Survey of the country around London

1852
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

[Colchester]

1st Novr. 1838
Accessible in the Reference Library
Chasseaud, Peter

Mapping the Second World War

2015
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Leake, John

An exact surveigh of the streets, lanes and churches comprehend[e]d within... [Read more]

[1723]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, Elizabeth, approximately 1787–

A map of England and Wales

1797
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Plan of a fortification in Guernsey

July 20, 1682
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Janson, Charles William

The stranger in America

1807
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Banks, John Henry, 1816–1879

A panoramic view of London / drawn & engraved by J.H. Banks

[1845]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

Map of America

4th September 1804
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Cassini, César-François, 1714–1784

A map of the kingdom of France

Augt. 2nd. 1838
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
London Design Festival

London Design Festival

2012
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865

Aedes Hartwellianae, or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell

MDCCCLI [1851]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Boazio, Baptista

S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida

[1588?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Greenough, George Bellas, 1778–1855

A geological map of England & Wales

November 1st, 1819 [that is, 1820]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719–1784

Cambridgeshire

1747
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Mather, John, fl. 1827

Plans of estates situate in the county of Lancaster belonging to the... [Read more]

circa 1827?
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Carrington, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1801–1860

A map of Scotland

1856
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Cheffins, Charles F

Cheffins's map of the English & Scotch railways

[1843]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Cambridge

[1899?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823

Map of the world on a globular projection

Jany. 1, 1794 [i.e. 1811?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bowen, Emanuel, -1767

The County of Cambridge

1759
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

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

1757
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke

circa 1600
Accessible in the Reference Library
Barker, Felix, 1917–1997

The history of London in maps

©1990
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768

A map of the British and French dominions in North America

Febry 13th, 1755
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Ackroyd, Norman, 1938–

The Barra Isles

2016
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Herndon, William Lewis, 1813–1857

Exploration of the valley of the Amazon

1854
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

[Radnor]

1st October 1833
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Kinloch, C. W. (Charles Walter), -1893

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

MDCCCLIII [1853]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Forbes, Alexander, 1778–1862

California

1839
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
John Bartholomew & Co

Northumberland and Durham

[between 1888 and 1898]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

Part the first of the general survey of England and Wales containing the whole... [Read more]

1805]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Moule, Thomas, 1784–1851

The county maps of old England

1990
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Faden, William, 1749–1836

A topographical map of the county of Norfolk

1797
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Wentworth, Trelawney

The West India sketch book

1834
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885

Transatlantic sketches

1833

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