Maps

Globe of the world, surrounded with rings depicting the 'horizon' and signs of zodiac

J. van. Loon & Andreas Cellarius, Sitvs terrae circvlis coelestibvs circvndatae, 1660, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230714394

Our Maps collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form.

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Tokyo and environs road map, 1953, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1584417804

Williams Collection

About 3200 books, pamphlets, serials, maps, newspapers and ephemera mainly related to Japan plus some works on China and Korea.

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Hand drawn map with latin title Mar di India, there are various little cherubs around the title.

Jan Jansson & Hendrick Doncker, Mar di India, 1659, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230757141

Using the Maps Collection

How to find and use items in the Maps Collection.

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A black and white map showing Australia, then called New Holland, in the late 1600s.

Two recently acquired Coronelli globe gores

The Library has recently acquired two 17th century globe gores by Vincenzo Coronelli.

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Tooley Collection

1277 charts and maps dating from the 16th to the late 19th centuries, including maps of the Pacific and New Zealand as well as Australia.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh Admiralty Charts Collection

99 first-issue charts and views of Australian coasts published by the Admiralty between 1814 and 1861.

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A 1920s map of Australia showing distribution of cattle and minerals

Thomas Griffith Taylor and H. O. Beckit, The new Oxford wall maps of Australia, c.1920, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-255201355

Rights and the Maps Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Maps Collection.

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An old black and white map of the Sunda Strait decorated with pictures of navigational symbols, landmarks and ships

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Afconterfeytinge van die strate oft engde van Sunda, tusschen Sumatra en Iava in Oost Indien, als oock die baye oft rede voor Bantam die hooft-stadt van Iava, tesamen met alle hare eylanden, clippen, ondiepten en sanden, alles nae t' leven net afgetogen, c.1602, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3444422116

Rare 1602 map of the Sunda Strait

A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection.

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Plane Table Surveys Collection

182 original field sheets, representing 32 map sheets, dating from 1915 to 1936 including surveys carried out in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

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A group of men performing a traditional dance

Terence & Margaret Spencer, Independence Day Celebration (15) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145645567

Pacific collections

The National Library holds a rich and diverse range of library materials on the Pacific region, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

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Great Britain. War Office. (1942). New Caledonia, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233403296

Overseas series mapping

The National Library holds mapping not only for Australia, but for every country and ocean in the world and also for all the planets.

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A detailed historical map of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, depicting early settlement areas, marked camps, and referenced landmarks such as gardens and marine camps. Includes a list of ship names from the First Fleet and geographical details.

Francis Fowkes, Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, in the County of Cumberland, 1789, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230578175

Nan Kivell Collection

About 5000 books, pamphlets and periodicals, over 11,000 paintings, drawings and prints, around 800 maps and over 300 manuscripts mostly published 1770-1900. Largely relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific including Antarctica.

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