The map library collection includes sheet maps, atlases, globes and globe gores, Ordnance Survey maps, fire insurance plans, admiralty charts and maritime maps and views.
This collection, which has maps as a prefix, is predominantly printed maps and map related items from all parts of the world, and can be found in our interim catalogue.
This collection is housed in St Pancras, London and is available to consult only in the Maps Reading Room on Floor 3.
The Western manuscript maps collection can be consulted only in the Manuscripts Reading Room on Floor 2.
The Asian and African maps collection, with a shelfmark prefix IOR, can be consulted in the Asian & African Reading Room and the Map Reading Room, both on Floor 3.