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| Map Collection > Finding Maps at Stony Brook > Types of Material: Historical Maps, Marine Maps |
| TYPES OF MATERIAL: Historical Maps, Marine Maps |
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Historical Maps  There are several types of historical maps, and they can be found in many places in the Libraries. Historical atlases , shelved with the other atlases, are generally our best source for showing conditions as they existed in the past. Also in the atlas section are a number of facsimile editions of early atlases published from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Copies of the most heavily used maps for research into local history are filed in the cabinet near the Map Office labeled "Historical Maps" on the map of the map collection. These include the heavily used Coast Survey manuscript maps of Long Island made in the 1830s. Many old maps of Long Island and New York State are kept in the Special Collections Department. A computerized list of these maps is also available in EndNote format. Copies of the list are available in the Map Office and in the Department of Special Collections. Long Island maps most frequently used for historical research (.doc file). Maps from the Congressional Serial Set are kept in a locked cabinet near the Map Office. The key to this cabinet is kept in the map office, and access is permitted only when a librarian is present. A number of maps useful for historical research are filed with the U.S. and foreign topographic maps. These include early editions of U.S.G.S. quadrangle maps and nineteenth century maps of Germany and the Habsburg Empire. Historical maps on microform include Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for all of New York State, early topographic maps of New York State, and the Cassini topographic maps of France made at the end of the eighteenth century. The Map Collection Web site includes many images of New York State historical maps. A list of the most heavily used maps for research on Long Island history is available from the Map Librarian. Almost all maps relating to the oceans, such as nautical charts and bathymetric maps, are now located at the Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Information Center (MASIC) on the South Campus. The map collection retains a few general maps of the oceans and some historical nautical charts. Historical nautical charts of the Long Island area are filed in the cabinet in the Map Reserve Room. The others are filed by call number with the U.S. and foreign sheet maps, except for a group of old nautical charts filed under maps of the world in series. |
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