Gibson Library Listed below are the British Atlases; the other categories are displayed on seperate pages - select from the list below:
| In the Shelving column, "Roll" means item is in the Rolling stacks in the Gibson Room of the Gibson Library, with row number, stack column letter and shelf number. "Tall" means item is on the Tall shelves in the Gibson Room. You will need to ask a member of staff to bring items from the Gibson Room. |
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher | Date | Notes | Reference | Shelving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ogilby | Britannia, Volume the First | John Ogilby | 1675 (1939) | Reproduction of the 100 strip maps of the Principal Roads of England & Wales | C1149 | Roll 8C7 |
| Robert Morden | The New Description and State of England | Robert Morden | 1701 | 53 copper plates, 1 for England & Wales plus 52 for each county of E&W; text on each county | Please ask staff | |
| Herman Moll | The Traveller's Companion | John Bowles | 1724? | England & Wales maps, then a map of each county | Please ask staff | |
| John Andrews & Andrew Dury | A Map of the Country Sixty Five Miles round London | John Stoke | 1776 | 20 large maps, South Coast to Bedford, Abingdon to Margate | Please ask staff | |
| Chapman & Andre | A Map of the County of Essex | Chapman & Andre | 1777 | 2 inches to a mile map of Essex over 25 sheets; badly over-coloured | C210 | Tall A6 |
| Chapman & Andre | A Map of the County of Essex | Margary and Phillimore | 1777 (1970) | A Map of the County of Essex [Modern reproduction; 2 copies] | - | Reading Rm Right Window Floor |
| John Cary | Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with a Part of Scotland | John Cary | 1794 | Despite the name, it is an atlas with continuous sheet maps covering the whole of England & Wales | AAM66 | Roll 14C5 |
| John Cary | Cary's New and Correct English Atlas | John Cary | 1818 | Maps of each county in England, two maps of Wales and one of England & Wales | AAM65 | Roll 14C5 |
| G Ellis | Ellis's New & Correct Atlas of England & Wales | G Ellis | 1819 | County Maps | D28A | Roll 9D5 |
| C Smith | Smith's New English Atlas | C Smith | 1822 | County maps of England, plus N & S Wales | V7429 | Reading Rm Left of Fire A4 |
| J Pigot | The Counties of England | J Pigot | 1831 | 39 county maps plus London | AAM505 | Roll 15C3 |
| S Lewis | Lewis's Atlas comprising the Counties of Ireland | S Lewis | 1837 | Drawn for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary | 912.415 | Roll 29C4 |
| J&C Walker | This British Atlas
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J&C Walker | 1837 | County maps of England & Wales | C1466 | Tall F5 |
| Irish Railway Commission | Irish Railway Commission Maps | Irish Railway Commission | 1838 | 5 maps of Ireland and 1 of England, Wales & Ireland - all relating to current and proposed railways | D30 | Tall F6 |
| S Lewis | Atlas, comprising Maps of the Several Counties divided into Unions | S Lewis & Co | 1842 | Map of England & Wales, Map of London and maps of the Counties, naming the Poor Law unions. Earlier edition held as Gazetteer C1426 | Z29 | Roll 9D6 |
| John Bartholomew | Black's Handy Atlas of England and Wales | A&C Black | 1892 | 10 E&W maps, 40 county maps, 14 town plans | C1148 | Roll 8C3 |
| Alan Jowett | Jowett's Railway Atlas | Patrick Stevens | 1989 | Maps of the railway lines prior to 1923, across 150+ hand-drawn maps | 912.1385 | Roll 29C4 |
| Sarah Bendall | Baker's map of the University and Town of Cambridge, 1830 | Cambridgeshire Records Society | 1999 | Full size reproduction of Baker's Map of Cambridge | 912.42659 | Roll 29C4 |
