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Maps of Scotland

• Maps of the whole of Scotland, 1560-1947 - 774 maps
  • Thematic maps of Scotland, 18th-20th centuries
• County maps, 1580s-1950s
  • Pont's Maps of Scotland, 1580s-1590s - 77 maps
  • Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 - 49 maps
  • Herman Moll's County Maps of Scotland, 1745 - 36 maps
  • John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832 - 90 maps
  • J G Bartholomew's Survey Atlas of Scotland, 1912 - 73 maps
• Estate maps of Scotland, 1730s-1950s
• Town plans/views, 1580s-1940s - 849 maps
  • Great Reform Act Plans and Reports, 1832 - 75 maps
  • Ordnance Survey large scale town plans, 1847-1895 - 1,900 maps
  • Charles Goad Fire Insurance Plans of Scottish Towns, 1880s-1940s - 230 maps
• Transport plans of Scotland, 18th-20th centuries
  • Plans and profiles of bridges, 18th-20th centuries
  • Canal plans of Scotland, 18th-20th centuries
  • Railway plans of Scotland, 18th-20th centuries
  • River engineering plans of Scotland, 18th-20th centuries
• Coasts of Scotland on marine charts, 1580-1850 - 102 charts
  • Admiralty Charts of Scotland, 1795-1963 - 943 charts
  • German naval charts, 1938-1945 - 21 charts
  • Lighthouse plans and profiles, 1800s-1920s - 63 plans
• Military maps of Scotland (18th-19th centuries)
  • Roy Military Survey of Scotland, 1747-1755
    • Roy Military Survey - Gazetteer
  • Military Antiquities of the Romans in North Britain, 1793 - 174 plates
  • Scottish military maps, 20th century - 57 maps
• Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 - 222 charts
• Series maps of Scotland, 1795-1961
  • Johnston's reduced Ordnance maps of Scotland ... [showing the railways], 1888-1896 - 21 maps
  • Johnston's "Three miles to inch" map of Scotland, ca. 1895-1912 - 56 maps
  • Bartholomew Reduced Ordnance Maps of Scotland, 1875-1891
  • Bartholomew Half-inch to the Mile maps of Scotland, 1899-1905 - 29 maps
  • Bartholomew Half-inch to the Mile maps of Scotland, 1926-1935 - 29 maps
  • Bartholomew Quarter-inch to mile map of Scotland, 1911-1932 - 22 maps
  • Geological Survey of Scotland, Six-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 488 maps
  • Geological Survey of Scotland, One-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 160 sheets
  • Land Utilisation Survey, Scotland, 1931-1935 - 92 maps
  • Soil Survey of Scotland, 1950s-1980s - 31 maps
  • Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland, 1847-1961
  • Ordnance Survey Map Series
    • 360 inch to the mile / 30 feet to one-inch (1:360):
      • Scottish military maps, 20th century - 57 sheets
    • 50 inch / 120 inch to the mile:
      • Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - 62 towns; 1,872 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:1,250 National Grid maps, 1944-1971
    • 25 inch to the mile:
      • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1855-1882 - 14,735 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, 2nd and later editions - 1892-1949 - 17,466 map sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, "blue-and-black" drawings - 694 map sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1971
    • Six-inch to the mile:
      • Ordnance Survey, Six-inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1843-1882 - 3,864 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Six-inch to the mile, 2nd and later editions - 1892-1960 - 7,486 map sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 National Grid maps, 1944-1971
    • 1:20,000 / 1:25,000:
      • War Office, Great Britain 1:20,000, GSGS 2748 - 1923-1929 - 21 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1971 (Coloured) - 4,627 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1970 (Outline) - 4,129 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey / War Office, Great Britain 1:25,000. GSGS 3906, 1940-43 - 829 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 Administrative Area Series of Great Britain, 1945-1968 - 1,130 sheets
    • One-inch to the mile:
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1856-1891 - 539 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 2nd edition - 1885-1900 - 548 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 3rd edition - 1903-1912 - 642 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 4th edition - 1910 - 2 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 - 125 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" outline edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 - 91 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" Scotland, Water and Contour Pulls, ca. 1930s - 71 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch Popular. GSGS 3908 - 1933-43 - 260 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey / German Army, Karte von Schottland 1:50,000, 1941 - 70 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" outline edition, water in blue, 1941-42 - 79 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" with National Grid, Scotland, 1945-1947 - 102 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" with National Grid, Scotland (Outline), 1945-1947 - 89 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey / War Office, Scotland One-Inch Popular GSGS 4639, 1947-50 - 64 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1971 (Regular) - 703 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1971 (Outline) - 179 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1954-1965 (Indexes) - 14 sheets
    • Half-inch to the mile:
      • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (hill-shaded), 1908-1918 - 53 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (layer-coloured), 1908-1918 - 48 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Half-inch Ministry of Transport road maps, Scotland, 1923 - 37 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey / German Army, Karte von Schottland 1:100,000, 1939-40 - 34 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (Outline), Water in Blue, 1942 - 34 sheets
    • Quarter-inch to the mile:
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed., 1901-1914 - 25 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed. (Coloured with Hills), 1900-1906 - 16 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed. (Outline), 1900-1906 - 20 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 2nd ed., 1909-1914 - 2 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1921-1923 - 27 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed. (Outline), 1921-1924 - 11 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed. (Civil Air), 1929-1930 - 16 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1940-1941. RAF Edition (War) - 1 sheet
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1940-1941. RAF (War) 2nd Edition - 16 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (Colour), 1935-37 - 8 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1938-49 - 16 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey / German Army, Fliegerausgabe Grossbritannien 1:250 000 : Schottland, 1939-40 - 6 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (Outline), 1941 - 5 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1939-41. Military Edition, GSGS 3958 - 7 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1939-41. War Revision, 1940, GSGS 3958 - 17 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1943-44. War Revision (Army/Air), 1940, GSGS 3958 - 10 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid), (Coloured) 1946 - 17 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid), (Outline) 1946 - 7 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid). War Office Edition, GSGS 4650 - 22 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid). RAF Topographical Map, GSGS 4864 - 1 sheet
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1950-52 - 16 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1955-66 - 36 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1966-73 - 17 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, Air Photo Mosaics of Scotland, 1944-1950 - 221 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, National Grid maps, 1944-1971 - 40,884 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1940s-1970s - 183 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, small-scale maps of Great Britain, 19th to 20th centuries - 35 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey indexes of larger scale maps (at 25-inch and six-inch to the mile)
      • Scotland:
        • Ordnance Survey, Indexes to the County Series maps, Scotland, 1854-1886 - 32 sheets
        • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, Indexes to County Series - 1890s-1960s - 109 sheets
        • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Indexes to County Series and National Grid - ca. 1966 - 35 sheets
      • England, Scotland, and Wales:
        • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch with coloured parishes - Indexes to the Six-Inch and 25 Inch Maps, 1894-1904 - 339 sheets
        • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, 1954-1965 (Indexes) - 14 sheets
        • Zoomable graphic indexes showing records for large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping of Great Britain (1841-1991)
    • War Office Map Series
      • Ordnance Survey / War Office, Great Britain 1:25,000. GSGS 3906, 1940-43 - 829 sheets

  Maps of England and Great Britain

  • County maps, 1580s-1950s
  • Blaeu Atlas Maior, Vol. V, 1662 (England and Wales county maps and texts)
  • Town plans/views, 1580s-1940s
  • Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales
  • 50 inch / 120 inch to the mile (1:500, 1:528, 1:1056):
    • Ordnance Survey Town Plans of England and Wales, 1840s-1890s - 12,115 sheets / 440 towns
    • Ordnance Survey, 1:1,250/1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1971 (London and south-east England only)
  • 25 inch to the mile (1:2,500):
    • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch, England and Wales - 1841-1952 - 89,540 sheets
  • Six-inch to the mile (1:10,560):
    • Ordnance Survey, Six-Inch, England and Wales - 1842-1952 - 37,397 sheets
      • OS Six-Inch, Special Emergency Edition - 1938-39 - 73 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 National Grid maps, 1944-1971
  • 1:20,000 / 1:25,000:
    • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1971 (Coloured) - 4,749 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1970 (Outline) - 4,132 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 Administrative Area Series of Great Britain, 1945-1968 - 1,130 sheets
  • One-inch to the mile (1:63,360):
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Engraved Maps, England and Wales, 1872-1914 - 2,229 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 3rd Edition (Black Outline Edition), 1906-1917 - 54 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 'Popular' edition, England and Wales, 1919-1926 - 288 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 5th edition, England and Wales, 1931-1937 - 131 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch Popular, England and Wales. GSGS 3907 - 1933-43 - 284 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947 - 218 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch New Popular, England and Wales. GSGS 4620 - 1948-52 - 3 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1971 (Regular) - 703 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1970 (Outline) - 179 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Agricultural Land Classification maps, England and Wales, 1960s- - 84 sheets
  • Half-inch to the mile (1:126,720):
    • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales, Administrative Boundaries, 1899-1972 - 1,371 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales (layer-coloured), 1908-1918 - 15 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, Half-inch Ministry of Transport road maps, England and Wales, 1923 - 41 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales (Outline), 1930-42 - 42 sheets
  • Smaller-scale Ordnance Survey series:
    • Ordnance Survey, "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1940s-1970s - 183 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, small-scale maps of Great Britain, 19th to 20th centuries - 35 sheets
    • Ordnance Survey, Air Photo Mosaics of England and Wales, 1944-1950 - 6,173 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey indexes of larger scale maps (at 25-inch and six-inch to the mile)
    • England and Wales:
      • Ordnance Survey, Indexes to the County Series maps, England and Wales, 1887-1897 - 36 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, County Diagrams. Showing Civil Parishes with tables of their areas - 1897-1913 - 54 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, Combined Index maps - 1879-1965 - 408 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, Couny Series Index maps - 1921-1924 - 175 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, County Diagrams. Indexes to County Series, 1932-1946 - 172 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, 1:100,000, Indexes to County Series and National Grid sheets, 1966-1972 - 53 sheets
    • England, Scotland, and Wales:
      • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch with coloured parishes - Indexes to the Six-Inch and 25 Inch Maps, 1894-1904 - 339 sheets
      • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, 1954-1965 (Indexes) - 14 sheets
      • Zoomable graphic indexes showing records for large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping of Great Britain (1841-1991)
• Series maps of England and Wales:
  • Geological Survey of England and Wales, Six-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 313 sheets
  • Geological Survey of England and Wales, One-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 219 sheets
  • One-Inch Agricultural Land Classification maps, England and Wales, 1960s- - 84 sheets

Maps of Britain

• General maps of Great Britain and Ireland, 16th to 20th centuries - 41 maps
• Geological Survey of Great Britain, Six-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 795 sheets
• Geological Survey of Great Britain, One-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 389 sheets
• One-Inch Land Utilisation Survey, Great Britain, 1931-1938 - 226 maps

Maps of Ireland

• Bartholomew - Ireland - Quarter Inch to the mile, 1940
• British War Office - Ireland - One Inch to the mile, 1941-43 - (G.S.G.S. 4136)

Maps of Belgium / France

• Ordnance Survey / British War Office (G.S.G.S.), First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918 - 307 maps
• British War Office (G.S.G.S.) Maps - 1:250,000 - 1:50,000, Belgium, 1942-1944

Maps of Cyprus

• Kitchener Survey of Cyprus, 1882 - 15 maps

Maps of Europe

• Maps of Europe - 4 maps

Maps of America

• Maps of America

Maps of Jamaica

• James Robertson's Maps of Jamaica, 1804 - 15 maps

Maps of India

• Survey of India - One-inch and Half-inch to the mile maps, 1916 - 1951 (southern India only) - 213 maps

Maps of Hong Kong

• Collinson's Maps of Hong Kong, 1846 - 4 maps

World Atlases

• Ptolemy Atlas - Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae, 1525
• Ptolemy Atlas - Geographiae Libri Octo, 1584
• Blaeu Atlas Maior, 1662-65
• Bartholomew's 'Times Survey Atlas of the World', 1920

World Maps

• World Maps, 16th-20th centuries - 34 maps

Maps of our Universe

• Maps of our Universe - 4 maps

Atlases

• Atlases relating to Scotland and the World

Collections

• Lockharts of Lee Estate mapping
• Lovat Highland Estates mapping
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• Signet Library maps of Scotland
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• Sutherland Estate mapping

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• Alexander Innes - Jamaica Journal (1823-24)
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