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Maps of Scotland
- Maps of the whole of Scotland, 1560s-1950s - 779 maps
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County maps, 1580s-1950s
- Pont's Maps of Scotland, 1580s-1590s - 77 maps
- Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 - 49 maps
- Herman Moll's County Maps of Scotland, 1745 - 36 maps
- John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832 - 90 maps
- J G Bartholomew's Survey Atlas of Scotland, 1912 - 73 maps
- Estate maps of Scotland, 1730s-1950s
- Town plans/views, 1580s-1940s - 849 maps
- Transport plans of Scotland, 18th-20th centuries
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Coastal and nautical charts, 1580-1850 - 102 charts
- Admiralty Charts of Scotland, 1795-1963 - 943 charts
- German naval charts, 1938-1945 - 21 charts
- Lighthouse plans and profiles, 1800s-1920s - 63 plans
- Military maps of Scotland (18th-19th centuries)
- Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 - 222 charts
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Series maps of Scotland, 1795-1961
- Johnston's reduced Ordnance maps of Scotland ... [showing the railways], 1888-1896 - 21 maps
- Johnston's "Three miles to inch" map of Scotland, ca. 1895-1912 - 56 maps
- Bartholomew Reduced Ordnance Maps of Scotland, 1875-1891
- Bartholomew Half-inch to the Mile maps of Scotland, 1899-1905 - 29 maps
- Bartholomew Half-inch to the Mile maps of Scotland, 1926-1935 - 29 maps
- Bartholomew Quarter-inch to mile map of Scotland, 1911-1932 - 22 maps
- Geological Survey of Scotland, Six-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1950s - 501 maps
- Geological Survey of Scotland, One-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1950s - 175 sheets
- First Land Utilisation Survey, Scotland, 1931-1935 - 92 maps
- Second Land Utilisation Survey, Scotland, ca. 1960-1975 - 860 maps
- Soil Survey of Scotland, 1950s-1980s - 31 maps
- Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland, 1847-1961
- Ordnance Survey Map Series
- 360 inch to the mile / 30 feet to one-inch (1:360):
- Scottish military maps, 20th century - 57 sheets
- 50 inch / 120 inch to the mile:
- Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - 62 towns; 1,872 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:1,250 National Grid maps, 1944-1973 - 109,252 sheets
- 25 inch to the mile:
- Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1855-1882 - 14,735 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, 2nd and later editions - 1892-1949 - 17,466 map sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, "blue-and-black" drawings - 694 map sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1973 - 116,111 sheets
- Six-inch to the mile:
- Ordnance Survey, Six-inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1843-1882 - 3,864 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Six-inch to the mile, 2nd and later editions - 1892-1960 - 7,486 map sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 National Grid maps, 1944-1973 - 25,335 sheets
- 1:20,000 / 1:25,000:
- War Office, Great Britain 1:20,000, GSGS 2748 - 1923-1929 - 21 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1973 (Provisional - Coloured) - 5,102 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1973 (Provisional - Outline) - 4,139 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1964-1973 (Second Series) - 188 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, Great Britain 1:25,000. GSGS 3906, 1940-43 - 829 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 Administrative Area Series of Great Britain, 1945-1968 - 1,130 sheets
- One-inch to the mile:
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1856-1891 - 539 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 2nd edition - 1885-1900 - 548 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 3rd edition - 1903-1912 - 642 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 4th edition - 1910 - 2 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 - 125 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" outline edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 - 91 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" Scotland, Water and Contour Pulls, ca. 1930s - 71 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch Popular. GSGS 3908 - 1933-43 - 260 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / German Army, Karte von Schottland 1:50,000, 1941 - 70 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" outline edition, water in blue, 1941-42 - 79 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" with National Grid, Scotland, 1945-1947 - 102 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" with National Grid, Scotland (Outline), 1945-1947 - 89 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, Scotland One-Inch Popular GSGS 4639, 1947-50 - 64 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1973 (Regular) - 703 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1973 (Outline) - 179 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1954-1965 (Indexes) - 14 sheets
- Half-inch to the mile:
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (hill-shaded), 1908-1918 - 53 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (layer-coloured), 1908-1918 - 48 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-inch Ministry of Transport road maps, Scotland, 1923 - 37 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / German Army, Karte von Schottland 1:100,000, 1939-40 - 34 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (Outline), Water in Blue, 1942 - 34 sheets
- Quarter-inch to the mile:
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed., 1901-1914 - 25 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed. (Coloured with Hills), 1900-1906 - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed. (Outline), 1900-1906 - 20 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 2nd ed., 1909-1914 - 2 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1921-1923 - 27 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed. (Outline), 1921-1924 - 11 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed. (Civil Air), 1929-1930 - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1940-1941. RAF Edition (War) - 1 sheet
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1940-1941. RAF (War) 2nd Edition - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (Colour), 1935-37 - 8 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1938-49 - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / German Army, Fliegerausgabe Grossbritannien 1:250 000 : Schottland, 1939-40 - 6 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (Outline), 1941 - 5 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1939-41. Military Edition, GSGS 3958 - 7 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1939-41. War Revision, 1940, GSGS 3958 - 17 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1943-44. War Revision (Army/Air), 1940, GSGS 3958 - 10 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid), (Coloured) 1946 - 17 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid), (Outline) 1946 - 7 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid). War Office Edition, GSGS 4650 - 22 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid). RAF Topographical Map, GSGS 4864 - 1 sheet
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1950-52 - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1955-66 - 36 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1966-73 - 17 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Air Photo Mosaics of Scotland, 1944-1950 - 221 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, National Grid maps, 1944-1973 - 44,320 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1940s-1970s - 183 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, small-scale maps of Great Britain, 19th to 20th centuries - 35 sheets
- Ordnance Survey indexes of larger scale maps (at 25-inch and six-inch to the mile)
- Scotland:
- England, Scotland, and Wales:
- 360 inch to the mile / 30 feet to one-inch (1:360):
- War Office Map Series
- Ordnance Survey abbreviations – alphabetical list of standard OS abbreviations
- Ordnance Survey Characteristic Sheets - symbols, features, styles for lettering, and stamps, ca. 1840s-1920s
- Ordnance Survey Missing Maps - Large-scale maps of Great Britain not held by the National Library of Scotland
Maps of England and Wales
- Maps of England and Wales, 1846-1971
- Maps of Wales, 1870-1964
- County maps, 1580s-1950s
- Blaeu Atlas Maior, Vol. V, 1662 (England and Wales county maps and texts)
- Town plans/views, 1580s-1940s
- Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales
- 50 inch / 120 inch to the mile (1:500, 1:528, 1:1056):
- Ordnance Survey Town Plans of England and Wales, 1840s-1890s - 12,115 sheets / 440 towns
- Ordnance Survey, 1:1,250/1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1972 - 109,252 sheets
- 25 inch to the mile (1:2,500):
- Ordnance Survey, 25 inch, England and Wales - 1841-1952 - 89,540 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1973 - 116,111 sheets
- Six-inch to the mile (1:10,560):
- Ordnance Survey, Six-Inch, England and Wales - 1842-1952 - 37,397 sheets
- OS Six-Inch, Special Emergency Edition - 1938-39 - 73 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 National Grid maps, 1944-1973 - 25,335 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Six-Inch, England and Wales - 1842-1952 - 37,397 sheets
- 1:12,500:
- 1:20,000 / 1:25,000:
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1973 (Provisional - Coloured) - 5,102 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1973 (Provisional - Outline) - 4,139 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1964-1973 (Second Series) - 188 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 Administrative Area Series of Great Britain, 1945-1968 - 1,130 sheets
- Two-Inch to the mile (1:31,680):
- One-inch to the mile (1:63,360):
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Engraved Maps, England and Wales, 1872-1914 - 2,229 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 3rd Edition (Black Outline Edition), 1906-1917 - 54 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 'Popular' edition, England and Wales, 1919-1926 - 288 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 'Popular' edition, England and Wales, 1919-1934 (District/Special/Tourist, etc.) - 49 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 'Popular' edition, England and Wales, 1934 (London Passenger Transport Map) - 24 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch 5th edition, England and Wales, 1931-1937 - 196 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch Popular, England and Wales. GSGS 3907 - 1933-43 - 290 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947 - 218 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch New Popular, England and Wales. GSGS 4620 - 1948-52 - 3 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch New Popular, edition, England and Wales, GSGS (Misc) 1560. Exercise Surprise Packet, 1951 - 13 sheets
- Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch New Popular, edition, England and Wales, GSGS: 4692, 1951 - 1 sheet
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1973 (Regular) - 857 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1973 (Outline) - 187 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Agricultural Land Classification maps, England and Wales, 1960s- - 84 sheets
- Half-inch to the mile (1:126,720):
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales, Administrative Boundaries, 1899-1972 - 1,371 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales (layer-coloured), 1908-1918 - 20 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-inch Ministry of Transport road maps, England and Wales, 1923 - 41 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales, 1930-42 (Outline) - 42 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales, 1956 Provisional - 1 sheet
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch, England and Wales, 1958-66 Second series - 9 sheets
- Quarter-inch to the mile (1:253,440):
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 1st ed., 1902-1903 - 19 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 1st ed., 1899-1901 (Outline) - 20 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 2nd ed., 1908-1913 - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 2nd ed., 1912-1915 (Large sheet - Black Outline) - 10 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 3rd ed., 1919-1921 - 12 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 3rd ed. [New Series], 1926-1930 - 6 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 3rd ed., 1923 (Outline, with water in blue) - 10 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 3rd ed., 1926-1930 (Outline) [New Series] - 5 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 3rd ed., 1929-1934 (Civil Air) - 36 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1934-39 (Colour) - 16 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1935-36 (Black (Outline)) - 8 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1941-44 (Outline with water in blue) - 4 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1939-41 (Military Edition, GSGS 3957) - 6 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1940-43 (War Revision, 1940, GSGS 3957) - 12 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1943 (2nd War Revision, 1943 (Graticule Edition), GSGS 3957) - 10 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., 1943 (GSGS:3957 (Air)) - 6 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, Defences of Britain (including D-Day "Overlord") 1945 - 6 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., (with National Grid), 1946 (Coloured) - 20 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., (with National Grid), 1945 (Outline) - 1 sheet
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 4th ed., (with National Grid) (GSGS 4628) - 11 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, Fifth series - 6 sheets
- Smaller-scale Ordnance Survey series:
- Ordnance Survey indexes of larger scale maps (at 25-inch and six-inch to the mile)
- England and Wales:
- Ordnance Survey, Indexes to the County Series maps, England and Wales, 1887-1897 - 36 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, County Diagrams. Showing Civil Parishes with tables of their areas - 1897-1913 - 54 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, Combined Index maps - 1879-1965 - 408 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Quarter-Inch to the mile, Couny Series Index maps - 1921-1924 - 175 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, County Diagrams. Indexes to County Series, 1932-1946 - 172 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, 1:100,000, Indexes to County Series and National Grid sheets, 1966-1972 - 53 sheets
- England, Scotland, and Wales:
- England and Wales:
Maps of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Ordnance Survey, Six-Inch, Ireland and Northern Ireland - 1829-1969 - 4,705 sheets
- Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland, Irish Grid Series, 1:10,560/1:10,000, 1962-1973 - 111 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch, Ireland - 1859-1917 - 1,069 sheets
- Ordnance Survey, One-Inch, Ireland, 2nd ed., Administrative - 1898-1902 - 202 sheets
- Bartholomew - Ireland - Quarter Inch to the mile, 1940
- War Office, One-Inch, Ireland, (Large sheet series) G.S.G.S. 4136 - 1940-1942 - 124 sheets
- War Office, Great Britain and Ireland 1:25,000. GSGS 3906, 1943-55 - 10 sheets
Maps of Britain
- General maps of Great Britain and Ireland, 16th to 20th centuries - 127 maps
- Geological Survey of Great Britain, Six-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 795 sheets
- Geological Survey of Great Britain, One-Inch to the Mile, 1850s-1940s - 389 sheets
- One-Inch Land Utilisation Survey, Great Britain, 1931-1938 - 226 maps
Map Series - Channel Islands
- Ordnance Survey / War Office / Ministry of Defence, Maps of the Channel Islands, 1900-1970 - 72 sheets
Maps of Belgium / France
- Ordnance Survey / British War Office (G.S.G.S.), First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918 - 307 maps
- British War Office (G.S.G.S.) Maps - 1:250,000 - 1:50,000, Belgium, 1942-1944
Maps of Cyprus
- Kitchener Survey of Cyprus, 1882 - 15 maps
Maps of Europe
- Maps of Europe - 4 maps
Maps of America
Maps of Jamaica
- James Robertson's Maps of Jamaica, 1804 - 15 maps
Maps of India
- Survey of India - One-inch and Half-inch to the mile maps, 1916 - 1951 (southern India only) - 213 maps
Maps of Hong Kong
- Collinson's Maps of Hong Kong, 1846 - 4 maps
World Atlases
- Ptolemy Atlas - Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae, 1525
- Ptolemy Atlas - Geographiae Libri Octo, 1584
- Blaeu Atlas Maior, 1662-65
- Bartholomew's 'Times Survey Atlas of the World', 1920
World Maps
- World Maps, 16th-20th centuries - 34 maps
Maps of our Universe
- Maps of our Universe - 4 maps
Atlases
Collections
- Lockharts of Lee Estate mapping
- Lovat Highland Estates mapping
- Saltoun Estate mapping
- Signet Library maps of Scotland
- Stevenson civil engineering plans
- Sutherland Estate mapping
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- Stevenson maps and plans of Scotland, 1660-1940
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