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5 February to 26 April 2003    
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1) Brightstowe [Bristol]: vulgo; quondam venta, floretissimum Anglię Emporium. Bird's eye view. [In] Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne: G. Braun and F. Hogenberg, (1575)-99.
B. 2.9 Th. Seld.
   
     
2) Cantebrigia [Cambridge] habes in hac charta (Spectator candide) nova Cantebrigię descriptione, qua per scalę mensura multo qua ante hac accuratius examinata: ad veros situs reduximus. Tu vero qua es humanitate equi boniq' consulas. Interim fruere & bene vale. Cantebrigię ex aula Clarensi die 22 mensis februarij 1592. Johanes Hamond. Augustin Ryther & Petrus Muser sculpserunt. 1:1,440
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3) Bononia [Bologna] docet mater stvdiorym illustrissimo senatvi Bononiensi tabvlam hanc quam potest officiose D.D.D. I. Blaev. [From] Civitates Status Ecclesiastici: Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italię, ad ęvi veteris & pręsentis temporis faciem expressum ą Ioanne Blaeu, G.F. Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1663.
J Maps 267 [47]
   
     
4) Ordnance Survey County Series 1:500 Carlisle. Cumberland sheet XXIII. 3. 25. [Southampton]: Ordnance Survey, [c.1870].
C17:70 a. 100
   
     
5) Ordnance Survey National Grid Plans 1:1,250 Plan NY 4055 NW Edition B. Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 1977.
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6) Burrow's Pointer Guide Map of Prestatyn. 1:15,000. [London]: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd, 1951.
C17:70 Prestatyn (1)
   
     
7) 2000 Official City Atlas Milton Keynes. 1:10,000. Reading: Commission for the New Towns (Carrying on business as English Partnerships) and GEOprojects (UK) Ltd, 1999. ISBN 0863511244.
C17:70 Milton Keynes c. 5
   
     
8) The Secrets of Conwy. Tourist Map, Guide and Poster. Scale not given. Llandudno: Alan Collinson Design, 1993. ISBN 1874772045.
C17:70 Conway (2)
   
     
9) Dobruska Fotomapa. 1:10,000. Dobruska: VTOPU, [1995]
C201:25 Dobruska (1)
   
     
10) Falk-Plan von Hamburg. No.105. 39. Auflage. 1:25,000 - 1:35,000. Hamburg: Falk, [1965].
C22:45 Hamburg e. 1
   
Falk-Plan von Hamburg. No.105. 44. Auflage. 1:20,000 - 1:30,000. Hamburg: Falk, [1968].
C22:45 Hamburg e. 2
   
     

11) San Francisco Downtown Popout Map. Various scales. [Bath]: Compass Maps Ltd (UK), 1995. ISBN 189827777X.
F6:60 San Francisco f. 1

   
San Francisco Popout Map. Various scales. [Bath]: Compass Maps Ltd (UK), 1996. ISBN 1898277621.
F6:60 San Francisco f. 2
   
     
12) Il Czar Pietro il grande fonda la Cittą di Pietroburgo nell' Ingria all'imboccatura del fiume Neva nel Baltico la primavera dell'anno 1703. / Le Czar Pierre le grand fonde la Ville de Peterbourg dans l'Ingrie a l'embouchure du Neva dans le Baltique le printems de l'an 1703. [Etching by Antonio Zatta and P. Novelli, Peter the Great directing building works using a plan of the proposed city to direct proceedings.]
Ashmolean - Talbot 425
   
     
13) Plan Sanktpeterburga v …. godu. Sostavlennyi i gravirovannyi po istoricheskim sviedeniiam, nakhodiashchimsia v Voenno- Topograficheskom Depo = Plan of St Petersburg in the year …. Compiled and engraved according to historical data which are in the Military Topographic Depot, 1846. [c.1:34,150].
Ashmolean - Talbot 242-249
   
Eight Russian plans published as a set showing the expansion of St Petersburg over a 140-year period. The snapshots are taken from 1700, 1705, 1725, 1738, 1756, 1777, 1799 and 1840.    
     
14) Sankt-Peterburg. 1:20,000. St Petersburg: Aerogeodeziya, 1994.
C400:50 St Petersburg (6)
   
     
15) A to Z atlas and guide to London and suburbs with house numbers. 1:22,000. London: Geographers' Map Company Limited, [1938].
C17:70 London e. 32
   
Geographers' A to Z clear and up-to-date atlas of London and suburbs with house numbers. 1:23,500. London: Geographers' Map Company Limited, [1948].
C17:70 London e. 33
   
Geographers' A to Z clear and up-to-date atlas of London and suburbs with house numbers. 1:23,500. London: Geographers' Map Company Limited, [1950].
C17:70 London e. 36
   
London AZ. 1:25,344. Sevenoaks: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited, [1972]. C17:70 London e. 59    
London AZ. New coloured edition. Edition 1. 1:22,000. Sevenoaks: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited, [1984]. ISBN 0850391954.
C17:70 London e. 77
   
London AZ. Edition 1B (Part Revision). 1:22,000. Sevenoaks: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited, 1988. ISBN 0850391954.
C17:70 London e. 88
   
London AZ Street Atlas and Index. Edition 13B (Part Revision). 1:22,000. Sevenoaks: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited, 1993. ISBN 0850390133.
C17:70 London e. 127
   
London AZ. Edition 4A (Part Revision). 1:22,000. Sevenoaks: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited, 1999. ISBN 0850394902.
C17:70 London e. 157
   
     
16) Celeberrimę Oxoniensis academię avlarvm et collegiorvm ędificiis totivs Evropę magnificentissimis cvm antiquissima civitate conivnctę elegans simvl et accvrata descriptio Radulpho Agaso avtore ano dni 1578. Augustinus Ryther anglvs deliniavit 1588. c.1:1,650.
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17) [Manuscript from an album of items given to Falconer Madan (who later became Bodley's Librarian) on 16 May 1890].
MS. Add. D.114, fol. 17
   
     
18) Plane of the Cittie of Oxford. c.1:10,886. Manuscript town plan showing Civil War fortifications. Sir Bernard de Gomme, 1644.
MS. Top. Oxon. b. 167
   
     
19) Nova & Accuratissima Celeberrimę Universitatis Civitatisque Oxoniensis Scenographia. c.1:3,265. David Loggan, 1675.
(E) C17:70 Oxford (12)
   
     
20) Plan de la Ville d'Oxford. c.1:11,430. [Plate [O2] in Gezichten der steeden Jorck en Lancaster, En andere omleggende Plaatzen. Met haare voornaamste Lust-huizen en andere aanmerkelyke zaaken.] Amsterdam: Gerrit Tielenburg, [c1730].
Gough Maps 182
   
     
21) To the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, & Heads of Colleges, And to the High Steward, Mayor Aldermen &c. Of the University & City of Oxford;- This Plan of the City of Oxford is humbly inscribed by their obedient Servant Wm. Faden Geographer to the King. c.1:2,450. London: William Faden, 1789.
(E) C17:70 Oxford (66)
   
     
22) To his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Chancellor. The Revd Vice Chancellor and Members of the University of Oxford This birds-eye View of the University and City of Oxford is most gratefully inscribed by their obedient humble servant James Ryman. Drawn and Engraved by N. Whittock. Bird's eye view. Oxford: James Ryman, c.1848.
G. A. Oxon. a. 42
   
     
23) To The Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University and the Mayor, Aldermen & Citizens, of the City of Oxford This Plan from actual survey Is most respectfully Inscribed By Robert Syer Hoggar. Assoc. Inst. C.E. 1:160. London: Engraved by Thos. Jones, 22 Duke Street, Piccadilly, [1850].
(E) C17:70 Oxford (1A)
   
     
24) Drink Map of Oxford. c.1:6,700. Oxford: Committee of the Oxfordshire Band of Hope and Temperance Union, 1883.
C17:70 Oxford (7)
   
     
25) Oksford. 1:10,000. Moscow: Soviet General Staff, 1973.
C17:70 Oxford (154)
   
     
26) Little AZ Map City Centre Oxford. Edition 1. 1:11,403. Sevenoaks: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd, 2002. ISBN 0850399041.
C17:70 Oxford (176)
   
     
27) Several Proportions and Scheems were offer'd to rebuild the City of London, after the great Fire 1666. This was one propos'd by Val[entine] Knight, printed 20th of September 1666, without any Draught or Delineation. By this Sketch now done, it may be easily compared with other Designs printed. c.1:11,700.
Gough Maps London 11
   
     
28) Sir John Evelyn's Plan for Rebuilding the City of London, after the Great Fire in the Year 1666. c.1:20,320.
(E) C17:70 London (1165) View image
   
     
29) Group of Slumless Smokeless Cities. c.1:128,000. [Plate 7 in To-morrow: a peaceful path to real reform by E. Howard. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1898.]
247258 e. 13
   
     
30) The First Garden City - Plan of Estate and Proposed Town. 1:21,120. London: The First Garden City Ltd, 1904.
John Johnson Collection: Housing and Planning Box 4
   
     
31) Plan of the Fortress of Kars shewing the Detached Works, and part of the surrounding country; from a Survey by Colonel Atwell Lake, C.B. Attached to the Staff of H.M. Commissioner; 1855. [London]: War Department, 1856. 1:10,760.
D30:80 Kars (1)
   
     
32) The Fortress and Field Defences of Kars, Representing the Action between the Russians under General Muraviev, and the Turks under General Williams on the 29th September, 1855. Bird's eye view
D30:80 Kars (3)
   
     
33) England 1:10,000. Birmingham. Ausgabe Nr.2. [From] Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England: Militärgeographische Objektkarten mit Objektbildern: 8 Midlands Inhaltsangabe umseitig. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres Abteilung für Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.), 1941.
C17 d. 22
   
     
34) A Plan of Boston, and its Environs shewing the true Situation of His Majesty's Army. And also those of the Rebels. Drawn by an Engineer at Boston. Octr. 1775. c.1:15,180. London: Andrew Dury, 1776.
(E) F6:60 Boston (1) View image
   
     
35) A Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America. c.1:12,400. London: Universal Magazine, 1776.
J. Maps 267 [2]
   
     
36) This Plan of the City of Philadelphia and its Environs, (shewing the improved Parts) is Dedicated to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens thereof, By their most obedient Servant John Hills, Surveyor and Draughtsman. May 30th 1796. 1:7,200. Philadelphia: John Hills, 1797; London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1798.
F6:60 Philadelphia (1)
   
     
37) Street map of Peking. 1:13,400. [Tokyo]: [Land Survey Board], 1901.
D5:40 Peking (2)
   
     
38) Sketch of Lady Smith and Neighbouring Hills. 1:10,560. Manuscript map signed by Chas. F. Beresford, Capt. RE. 8th Sept. 1881.
E54:20 Ladysmith (1)
   
     
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