14 ACCOUNTS, diC, OF THE BRITISH xMUSEUM. 



Sub-Departmekt of Maps, Charts, Plans, and TopogeaphicalDrawings. 



I. — Cataloguiiifj and Arrangement. 



3,685 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the 

 Catalogue of Maps and Charts during tlie year. 



Press-marks "were given to 680 Maps and Atlases, and to 2,581 titles; and 1,463 slips 

 were written for the Hand Catalogue. 



3,224 Titles of Accessions (Parts Vli., Vlli., and ix.) were sent to the printei". 

 33 slieets of" Proof" of Accessions have been collated, and 33 sheets of'" Revise'' have 

 been sent for " Press.'' 



609 Maps in 2,845 sheets, and 75 Atlases, have been sent to be mounted, bound, and 

 lettered; and 76 volumes and 678 Maps have been returned, the former bound and lettered, 

 the latter mounted, 591 on jaconet and union, 87 on cards. 



75 sheets of the English, American, and Spanish Admiralty Charts, 37 sheets of the 

 1-inch Ordnance Survey, and 112 sheets of the 1-inch Greological Survey, have been 

 mounted on union ; and 15 Portfolios have been made to order. 



2,414 printed Accession titles (Parts \ll. and vili.) have been incorporated into three 

 copies of the Printed Catalogue of Maps. 



The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 933, the 

 number of Maps 1,361 ; making a total of 2,294. 



The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 842 ; on those 

 received by presentations, 441 ; making a total of 1,283. 



Besides the students Avho have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, 

 during the year, 169 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of 

 geographical research. 



II. — Additions. 



381 Maps in 4,396 sheets, and 19 Atlases, have been received under the Copyright 

 Act ; 15 Atlases, and 128 Maps in 584 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; 4 volumes, 

 and 298 Maps and Charts in 406 sheets, have been presented. 



Among the the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned: — 



Carta Universal . . . hizola un Cosmographo de su Magestad, 1527 ; and Carta Universal 

 . . . hizola Diego Ribero, 1529. l^hotographic copies, reduced size, each 30| inches by 12^ 

 inches, from the original maps preserved in the '•' Grossherzogliche Staatsbibllothek," 

 Weimar. 



Carta marina et descriptio Septemtrionalium Terrarum ac mirabillumrerura in eis con- 

 tentarum dillgentissiine elaborata Anno Dili. 1539. [By] Olaus Magnus Gotus. A fac- 

 simile, In nine sheets, exact size of the unique original map which was discovered in the 

 " Staatsbibllothek," Munich, in 1886. 



Nova descriptio am])lissima3 Sancta; Terraj, quam Mr. Petrus Laicksteen Astronomus 

 perambulavlt ac visltuvit, An°. redetionis 1556. Per C. Sgrothenum . . . collecta A®. 1570. 

 J, a Duetecum, L. aDuetecum fecerunt. 9fol. Hieronymus Cocus: Anras, 1570. This 

 map is probably unique, and is now unknown In Holland; it is referred to in the list of 

 geographical authors given by Ortelius In his " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum." 



Descrittlone del Territorlo Bresciano con 11 suoi coniini, rifatto per me Leone Palla- 

 vicino. 6 sheets. [Brescia] 1597. A fine and rare map, desoi'Ibed in " Saggio di Carto- 

 grafia della Regione Veneta,"' edited by Prof. G. Marinelh. Venezia, 1881. 



Abruzzo Ulteriore. [By] Natale Bonlf atij da SIbenico. N. van Ac!»tJormis. RomcB, 

 1587. This map is curious as giving special prominence to the GranSasso d'italia. 



Universaa Germaniaj descriptio. [By S. Munster.] Gourmoiit : Lutetia, [1545?] 

 Apparently a reprint on wood ot the long-lost "Germanise typus " mentioned by Ortelius 

 in his " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum " of 1570. 



Nova ac dilucida descriptio totlus Swavlie et Bavarl^B, per inslgnem doctorem Sebastia- 

 num Munsteiu. Apud N. Gormantium : Parisiis, 1543. Engraved on wood, in 

 4 sheets. 



An early wood-cut map of Cyprus, entitled : " Isola de Cipro, Die warachtige 

 beschryvlnghe van dat eylant van CIpers met alle de stede, sloten ende ghehuchten." 

 Silvester van Parijs : Tlianioerpen, [1566.] 



Serenissim£B Reipublica? Genuensis Ducatus et Dominii nova descriptio. From the 

 Italian version of the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum," entitled " Theatro eel Mondo di 

 Abrahamo Ortelio. Translato in lingua Toscana dal 'Sigr. Filippo Pigafetta." In 

 Anversa, appresso Giovanni Bapt. Vrintio, 1608. Fol. 



Ducatus Ferrariensis finitimarumque partium descriptio. Auctore J. B. Aleotti 

 alias I'Argenta. J. D. Viintius: Antwerp, [1608?] From the above-mentioned edition 

 of the " Theatro del Mondo " of Ortelius. 



Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum Abrahami Ortellj, de novo recognita ... a Michaele 

 Colgneto. Sumpt. J. Ke/:rbergii, Antwerpice, 1601. Obi. 8vo. The earliest known 

 Atlas containing a Map of the World on Mercator's projection. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



