Collection guides

Bookbindings

A wide-ranging collection of fine and historic bindings

Cartographical collections

Travel collections and an extensive series of views by Wilhelm Berger.

Digital mapping

Geospatial data, cartographic applications, digital aerial photography and scanned-in historic map materials

Fire insurance and shopping centre plans

Fire insurance plans of Great Briatin and other countries dating back to 1885

Globes

Terrestrial and celestial globes dating back to 1600 and gores dating to 1544

King George III Topographical and Maritime collect...

30–40,000 maps, plans and views, both printed and hand-drawn, of all parts of the world

King’s manuscripts

Medieval and post-medieval manuscripts and topographical material

Manuscript maps

Cartography from the Middle Ages to the present

Medieval and early modern British historical manus...

Sources for British history before 1600

Ordnance survey mapping

The most comprehensive, publicly accessible collection of Ordnance Survey maps in the world

Royal manuscripts

Manuscripts collected by English sovereigns from Edward IV onwards

Sale catalogues

An essential resource for provenance research

Travel and exploration: archives and manuscripts,...

Archives and manuscript collections relating to travel and exploration, from 1600 to the present day

War Office Archive maps

Military intelligence maps and associated documents relating to East Africa

Western illuminated manuscripts

Approximately 9,000 manuscripts with decoration or illumination