MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online

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MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online

MAPCO's aim is to provide genealogists, students and historians with free access to high quality scans of rare and beautiful antique maps and views.

The site displays a variety of highly collectable 18th and 19th century maps and plans of London and the British Isles, and also 19th century maps and engravings relating to Australia.

One of MAPCO's featured maps is a fabulous map of London from the time of William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I c1560.

A Survey Of The Cities Of London And Westminster, The Borough Of Southwark And Parts Adjacent In The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth c1560

Wallis's Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster 1801

Map Of London Showing The Boundaries Of Parishes,
Ecclesiastical Districts, And Poor Law Divisions 1877

The MAPCO website is updated regularly, with new maps being displayed every month. Check back regularly to see what has been added.

Enjoy the MAPCO website. It is free!

~ COMING IN 2008 ~

Metropolitan Goods Conference. Map of Collection & Delivery Boundaries. January 1st, 1886.

During the second half of 2007 over 40 maps of London were scanned for display on the MAPCO website. 21 of these map images were used in the Black Dog Publishing book Mapping London: Making Making Sense of The City by Simon Foxell.

36 of these maps can now be viewed as preview images on this page:

Maps Of London : Preview Images

Please let me know what you think, and feel free to vote for your favourite map of London!

Enjoy!

~ ONLINE NOW! ~

Map of Scotland
by S. Lewis & Co., London
c1840

Samuel Lewis's Map Of Scotland c1840 is now online. This is a huge and highly detailed map, measuring 134cm x 194cm. This is a companion map to Lewis's Map Of England & Wales c1840, also displayed above.

The full title of the map is:

"A Map of Scotland Divided Into Counties Shewing The Principal Roads, Railways, Rivers, Canals, Lochs, Mountains, Islands &c. On A Scale Of Five Miles To An Inch."

This folding map of Scotland consists of hand coloured sections laid down on linen. It was drawn by F.A. Carrington; Hills by G.W. Carrington; Engraved by I. Dower; Etched by T. Harwood; and was published by Samuel Lewis & Co., 87 Aldersgate Street, London, c1840.

Research suggests that Lewis's Map Of Scotland was first issued in 1839 as a supplementary atlas volume to Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. The map consists of three separate sheets measuring 64.5cm x 134cm, each bound in black straight grained Morocco leather with gilt embossing to boards and spines. The Morocco leather bindings measure 14cm x 22cm. Each map is dissected into 33 sections and laid down on linen, making 99 sections in total. The three folding maps together measure a massive 134cm wide x 193.5cm high. The Lewis map is finely engraved, and has a lovely cartouche of Melrose Abbey in the bottom left corner.

There are several contemporary hand-written ink notes on this map, naming places obviously visited by one of the map's previous owners. These include Glomak Fall and Glasha Forest in Inverness Shire, plus the names and locations of Inns and Lodges stayed in during the tour. Nearby towns have also been underlined, including Fort William and Fort Augustus, and also Porttree, Bracadale and Strath on the Isle of Skye.

The compass rose image used for the background of the MAPCO website comes from Lewis's Map of Scotland. You can view the compass rose image here.

MAPCO will attempt to determine an exact date for this copy of the map in the coming months. Any assistance with accurately dating this map would be greatly appreciated.

This is a very interesting and detailed map, and a great research aid for Scottish genealogists and historians.

I hope that you enjoy this beautiful map!

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