Atlases, Maps and Plans

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 HSR/X
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Atlases, Maps and Plans
Date(s)	: [1770-1820]
Level of description	: Subfonds View parent record
Extent	: HSR/X: 46 items
Name of creator(s)	: Various

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Atlases, maps and plans - documents.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Documents: This group contains single maps, plans and track charts. Examples include a map showing stands of timber in the Penobscot area of New England, c 1770; plans of the battle of Trafalgar, 1805; of Portsmouth harbour, 1807; a group of plans relating to Sir John Rennie (1761-1821) concerning the proposed Northfleet dockyard, 1806, the West India docks and the Isle of Dogs, 1802 to 1820; a plan and estimate of 1815 of a proposed breakwater to be built at Deal by Graeme Spence (fl 1758-1815); a plan of Lowestoft harbour, 1830; and of Sunderland and the river Wear, 1867. Plans of dockyards are included in the description of Public Records (Section Two, above), while the main collection of charts in the Museum is held by the Department of Navigation.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Archival Information

Archival history:

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Allied Materials

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
2010-08-26