Gibson Library Listed below are the World 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; "Short" means item is on the relatively Short 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ptolemy | Ptolomei Geographia | 1490 | Ptolemy's tables, and from this "his" atlas of 1490. London at c55oN, 20oE. Prime Meridian at Fortunate Islands. | Please ask staff | ||
| Braun & Hogenberg | Urbium Praecipuarum Totius Mundi, Volumes 1 to 6 | 1572-1617 | Hundreds of very early City maps & views; includes London and Cambridge | Please ask staff | ||
| John Goss | Braun & Hogenberg's The City Maps of Europe | Studio Editions | 1572-1617 (1991) | 60 Maps reproduced from Braun & Hogenberg's 6 volume work | 912 | Roll 29C4 |
| J Speed | A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World | W Humble | 1646 | Speed's World Atlas reprinted. Maps by P Kaerius (ie P van den Keere) | Please ask staff | |
| John Thornton | The English Pilot, The Third Book | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum | 1703 (1970) | Reproduction of the 1703 Guide and 62 Charts for Indian Ocean and far eastern waters | 623.89225 | Roll 20D3 |
| Thomas Bankes, EW Blake & A Cook | System of Universal Geography | J Cooke | [1787] | Maps of globes, continents & countries | D37 | Tall D4 |
| JH Hinton | The History and Topography of the United States, Vols 1 & 2 | Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall | 1830 & 1832 | 16 maps of states and regions, and Gealogical Map of the United States | B3816 & B3817 | 7C1 |
| SDUK | Miscellaneous and Astronomical Maps | Baldwin & Craddock | 1831-44 | Astronomical, World, Continent, Country & City maps, collected and stuck on cardboard | D26 | Tall F5 |
| Hugh Murray | An Encyclopaedia of Geography | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman | 1834 | 82 maps of counties | D38 | Roll 9B1 |
| G & J Cary | [Atlas] | G & J Cary | 1835 | Maps of Eastern & Western hemispheres [New Universal Atlas?] | - | Tall C6 |
| Holmes & Laurie | [Atlas] | Holmes & Laurie | 1836 | Maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America[s] | - | Tall C6 |
| SDUK | Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowldege, Volumes 1 and 2 | Chapman & Hall | 1844 | World, Continent, Country & City maps | D28 & D29 | Tall F5 |
| SDUK | Miscellaneous and Astronomical Maps | Baldwin & Craddock | 1844 | Continent, Country & City maps, plus maps of Countries in Ancient Times | D27 | Tall F5 |
| AK Johnston | The National Atlas | Cowan & Co | [c1850] | 41 maps of general geography of countries | Mus.360 | Tall B6 |
| AK Johnston | The Physical Atlas | W Blackwood & Sons | 1850 | Maps of Geology, Hydrology, Meteorology and Phytology & Zoology - of the continents | K439 | Tall A6 |
| AK Johnston | The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography | W & AK Johnston | 1861 | 48 maps of world, continents, countries & regions, each map with its own index | D30bis | Tall F5 |
| Henage Lowth | A Concise Historical, Biographical & Genealogical Atlas | Simpkin & Marshall et al | 1851 | Maps of England & Wales, France, Spain & Portugal, and Germany | B559 | Tall A5 |
| George W Colton | Colton's Atlas of America | JH Colton | 1864 | 64 maps of North America, Central America, South America and Carribean | B3802 | Tall A5 |
| Dr Charles Muller | An Atlas of Ancient Geography | John Murray | 1874 | 43 maps of world, empires and countries, many with an Index | B579 | Tall F5 |
| Letts, Son & Co | Letts's Popular Atlas [of the Globe] | Letts, Son & Co | 1883 | 156 double pages of maps of continents, countries, regions and cities | Z237 | Tall C4 |
| WG Blackie | The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of The World | Blackie & Son | 1884 | World, Continent and Country maps | - | Tall F4 |
| AK Johnston | The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography | W & AK Johnston | 1888 | 53 maps of world, continents, countries & regions, each map with its own index | D30 | Tall C6 |
| JG Bartholomew | The Times Survey Atlas of the World | The Times | 1922 | 112 maps of World, Continents, Countries & Regions | - | Short A8 |
| Montgomery Martin | The Illustrated Atlas of the Nineteenth Century World | Studio Editions | 1851 (1989) | A reproduction of Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World | 912.09034 | Roll 29C4 |
| Peter Whitfield | The Image of the World | British Library | 1994 | 57 World maps from 1459 to 1990, high quality reproductions | 912.09 | Roll 29C4 |