{"id":1789609,"date":"2020-11-02T09:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789609"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:22:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T13:22:01","slug":"british-library-makes-18000-of-george-iiis-maps-and-ephemera-freely-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/british-library-makes-18000-of-george-iiis-maps-and-ephemera-freely-available\/","title":{"rendered":"British Library Makes 18,000 of George III\u2019s Maps and Ephemera Freely Available"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mathew Dixon, \u201c”A General Plan with a Project for the Defence of the Arsenals of Plymouth,\u201d 1780. Map, 65 \u00d7 95 cm. King\u2019s Topographical Collection, British Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At his death, King George III had a collection of some 50,000 maps, plans, illustrations and related ephemera. The military maps were kept by his son George IV; earlier this year more than 2,000 of those maps were posted online<\/a> by the Royal Collection Trust. But the vast majority went to the British Library, where it makes up the King\u2019s Topographical Collection<\/a> (\u201cK.Top\u201d). The collection is wide-ranging and diverse\u2014George III was a bit grabby when it came to maps\u2014and includes maps made from 1540 to 1824; it also, famously, includes the Klencke Atlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the past few years<\/a> the Library has been engaged on a project to digitize the 40,000 items of the Collection; last month they announced<\/a> that the first batch\u2014some 18,000 images\u2014has been released to Flickr\u2014see this Flickr album<\/a>\u2014where they may be freely accessed and downloaded.<\/p>\n

More from the British Library\u2019s Maps and Views Blog here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously: British Library Digitizing George III\u2019s Map Collection<\/a>; Picturing Places and the Klencke Atlas<\/a>; George III\u2019s Collection of Military Maps Now Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At his death, King George III had a collection of some 50,000 maps, plans, illustrations and related ephemera. The military maps were kept by his son George IV; earlier this year more than 2,000 of… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[109,1527,1492,48],"class_list":["post-1789609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-british-library","tag-flickr","tag-george-iii","tag-libraries","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791505,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/british-library-completes-flickr-release-of-george-iiis-map-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789609,"position":0},"title":"British Library Completes Flickr Release of George III’s Map Collection","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"The British Library has uploaded another 32,000 images from George III\u2019s Topographical Collection to Flickr. 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