Our collections contain more than 100,000 sea charts and maps dating from the medieval period to the present day. They document the results of exploration and discovery and show how techniques of navigation and surveying developed.
French chart of Malta,
circa 1798 Photo Mugs |
| | Planisphere world map
by Francesco Rosselli,
around 1508 Photo Mugs |
| | The English engage the
Spanish fleet near
Plymouth on 31 July,
1588 Photo Mugs |
| | World map from the
Blaeu Atlas, 17th
century Photo Mugs |
|
|
| | Britain and Ireland
Photo Mugs |
| | | | Plan of Tortola from
survey by George King
Photo Mugs |
|
|
Chart of Mediterranean
and north east Atlantic
Photo Mugs |
| | A chart of the North
Sea from South Foreland
to Burnham Flatts, and
from Callis to
Schelling Isle Photo
Mugs |
| | Chart of Port Royal in
South Carolina, United
States of America Photo
Mugs |
| | World map by John
Seller, 1675 Photo Mugs |
|
|
