Maps from 1485 to the early 1900s are covered in this collection, with a concentration around the 18th and 19th centuries. These include maps of America, Canada and the West Indies, plus military and political Foreign Office maps. There is also a collection of colourful maps of early England and Ireland.
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![Inclesmore, Snaith Manor, Thorne, Yorkshire, [temp Henry VII or earlier]. Catalogue reference: MPC 1/56](/images/imagelibrary/maps/th-mpc-1-56-inclesmore.jpg)
Inclesmore, Snaith Manor, Thorne, Yorkshire, [temp Henry VII or earlier]![Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, [?15th century]. Catalogue reference: MPCC 1/7](/images/imagelibrary/maps/th-mpcc-1-7-hollandfen.jpg)
Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, [?15th century]![Bantry Bay and country round County Cork and County Kerry, [?1558]. Catalogue reference: MPF 1/94](/images/imagelibrary/maps/th-mpf-1-94-bantrybay.jpg)
Bantry Bay and country round County Cork and County Kerry, [?1558]![New York and adjacent territories, [c.1698]. Catalogue reference: CO 700/NEW YORK 8](/images/imagelibrary/maps/th-co-700-newyork23.jpg)
New York and adjacent territories, c.1698![Deerskin map of the Indian Nations between South Carolina and the Mississippi River, [c.1724]. Catalogue reference: CO 700/NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES GENERAL 6 (1)](/images/imagelibrary/maps/th-co-700-namcolgen6-1.jpg)
Deerskin map of the Indian Nations between South Carolina and the Mississippi, c.1724
Atlas Maritimus: sea coast chart of Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada,
1698
Halifax, Nova Scotia: town plan, 1755
Koblenz, Germany,
1834
Jamaica, West Indies, with plans of Kingston and Port Royal, 1753
Bird's-eye view of Tangier, Morocco, 1675
Factice Atlas by Guillaume de L'Isle, 1700s![China: military map of the Weng-yuan military post between Hsu-wen and Sui-ch'i districts, [c.1850]. Catalogue reference: FO 931/125](/images/imagelibrary/maps/th-fo-931-1900.jpg)
China: military map of the Weng-yuan military post, c.1850
![Inclesmore, Snaith Manor, Thorne, Yorkshire, [temp Henry VII or earlier]. Catalogue reference: MPC 1/56](/images/imagelibrary/maps/mpc-1-56-inclesmore.jpg)
Inclesmore, Snaith Manor, Thorne, Yorkshire, [temp Henry VII or earlier]![Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, [?15th century]. Catalogue reference: MPCC 1/7](/images/imagelibrary/maps/mpcc-1-7-hollandfen.jpg)
Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, [?15th century]![Bantry Bay and country round County Cork and County Kerry, [?1558]. Catalogue reference: MPF 1/94](/images/imagelibrary/maps/mpf-1-94-bantrybay.jpg)
Bantry Bay and country round County Cork and County Kerry, [?1558]![New York and adjacent territories, [c.1698]. Catalogue reference: CO 700/NEW YORK 8](/images/imagelibrary/maps/co-700-newyork23.jpg)
New York and adjacent territories, c.1698![Deerskin map of the Indian Nations between South Carolina and the Mississippi River, [c.1724]. Catalogue reference: CO 700/NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES GENERAL 6 (1)](/images/imagelibrary/maps/co-700-namcolgen6-1.jpg)
Deerskin map of the Indian Nations between South Carolina and the Mississippi, c.1724
Atlas Maritimus: sea coast chart of Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, 
Halifax, Nova Scotia: town plan, 1755
Koblenz, Germany, 
Jamaica, West Indies, with plans of Kingston and Port Royal, 1753
Bird's-eye view of Tangier, Morocco, 1675
Factice Atlas by Guillaume de L'Isle, 1700s![China: military map of the Weng-yuan military post between Hsu-wen and Sui-ch'i districts, [c.1850]. Catalogue reference: FO 931/125](/images/imagelibrary/maps/fo-931-1900.jpg)
China: military map of the Weng-yuan military post, c.1850