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Catalogue description Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Library and Records Department and predecessors: Cartographers' Maps, Plans and Drawings
| Reference: | FCO 18 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Library and Records Department and predecessors: Cartographers' Maps, Plans and Drawings |
| Description: |
This series contains maps and plans created by Foreign Office cartographers. They depict among other things, international boundaries and natural resources, areas of conflict and political divisions, maritime boundaries, relief maps and survey results, historical railways, technical drawings, building and engineering plans and architectural drawings. |
| Date: | 1875-2003 |
| Related material: |
FO 925 (FO maps to 1940), CO 700 and CO 1047 (Colonial Office maps covering up to World War II) and CO 1054 (Colonial Office and Commonwealth Relations Office maps) |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, Library, 1966-1967 Commonwealth Office, Library Department, 1967-1968 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library, 2000- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Libraries, 1968-1969 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Library and Records Department, 1969-1999 Foreign Office, Library, 1801-1946 Foreign Office, Library, 1959-1968 Foreign Office, Research and Library Department, 1946-1959 |
| Physical description: | 2354 flat sheet(s) |
| Dimensions: | 21 x1 5cm-171 x 74cm |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2018 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Five cartographers worked for the Foreign Office and Foreign & Commonwealth Office Library and Records Department during the period 1875-2003 and they provided up to date maps to the geographical departments or the Research Department. The maps often demonstrate British government contemporary policy on geographical areas during the period covered. Also included within this collection are maps drawn by Julian Walker who surveyed and mapped boundaries within the Trucial States during the period 1955-1960 whilst a member of the Diplomatic Service. |
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