Travel collections and an extensive series of views by Wilhelm Berger.
About the collection
We have important travel collections such as Wilhelm Berger’s views of Japan, large-format architectural and landscape views of France, Switzerland and Italy produced for the tourist market by the firm of Adolphe Braun. There is also an extensive series of views documenting the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, Sergeant James MacDonald’s photographs taken during the Ordnance Survey expeditions to Jerusalem in 1864 (Maps 30.e.19-20) and Sinai (Maps 29.d.28), the Arctic Expedition of 1875 (Maps 20.c.12-13).
What is available online?
Collection material can be found in Explore the British Library. Much of this material is also listed in more detail in the Archives and Manuscripts catalogue.
What is available in our Reading Rooms?
Items from these collections can be ordered for viewing in the Maps Reading Room.
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