24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



in the Reading Room during the year, 178 visitors have been 

 admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of geographical 

 research. 



II. — Additions. 



177 Maps in 3,013 sheets, and 19 Atlases, have been received 

 under the Copyright Act. 33 Atlases, and 195 Maps in 704 

 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; five volumes, and 

 197 Maps and Charts in 274 sheets, have been presented. 



Among the more interesting acquisitions may be men- 

 tioned : — 



Baron A. E. Nordenskiold's Facsimile-Atlas to the Early 

 History of Cartography, with reproductions of the most 

 important Maps printed in the xv. and xvi. centuries. Trans- 

 lated from the Swedish original by J. A. Ekelof and C. R. 

 Markham. Stockholm, 1889. fol. This work is the most 

 important contribution of our time to the study of geography 

 and comparative cartography since the publication of Jomard's 

 •' Les Monuments de la Geographic " [1842-62], and Santarem's 

 " Atlas de Mappemondes " in 1842-53. 



Theatrum oder Schawplatz des Erdbodems. Durch A. 

 Ortelium. Gielis von Diest, AntorfF, 1573. fol. The second 

 German edition of Abr. Ortelius' " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum." 

 No copy of this edition is known to exist in any other public 

 library. 



West-Indische Paskaert . . . beschreven door A. 

 Jacobsz. Amstelredam [1621 ?]. Engraved on vellum, by 

 order of the Directors of the Dutch East India Company for 

 the use of their pilots. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Romances. — The preparation of the second 

 volume has been continued. Tales, fables, and legends in 

 sixty-six MSS. have been described. Descriptions of six 

 MSS. have been copied. Proof-sheets and revises H — R,^ 

 Vol. II., have been read for press. 



2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts. — The fourth 

 volume, which will include the Index, is still in progress. 



3. Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts. — Of the catalogue 

 prepared by Mr. S. H. O'Grady, Sheets Y— 2 F have been 

 sent to the printers and revised. 



4. Catalogue of Music— A. list of composers has been pre- 

 pared. 



5. Catalogue of Additions.— The catalogues of Additions 

 for 1888 and 1889 have been copied and transferred seven- 

 fold, bound and issued. The Additional MSS. 33,609-33,945, 

 acquired in the year 1890, have been described and indexed! 

 The Egerton MSS. 2735-2746, acquired in the year 1890, 



have 



