Gibson Library Listed below are the Historical Atlases; the other categories are displayed on seperate pages - select from the list below:
| In the Shelving column, "Roll" means item is in the Rolling stacks in the Gibson Room of the Town Library, with row number, stack column letter and shelf number. "Tall" means item is on the Tall shelves in the Gibson Room. You will need to ask a member of staff to bring items from the Gibson Room. |
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher | Date | Notes | Reference | Shelving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr C*** | Atlas Historique, in 7 volumes | Les Freres Chatelain | 1713-1720 | 200 maps of many regions at many points in time | Please ask staff | |
| Samuel Butler | An Atlas of Ancient Geography | Longman, Brown, Green & Longman | [1848] | 22 maps of ancient regions | AAM254 | Roll 15D3 |
| AK Johnston | Atlas to Alison's History of Europe | Blackwood & Sons | 1850 | 42 maps of countries & towns, plus 97 plans of battles & sieges - 1789 to 1815. The History itself is B810 & 2nd copy B819. | B848 | Roll 5B8 |
| Charles H Pearson | Historical Maps of England | George Bell & Sons | 1883 | 5 maps of England & Wales showing locations of towns, etc, in Roman, Celtic, Saxon, Norman and Monastic times | B3358a | Tall C5 |
| The Historical Association | Philips Atlas of Modern History | George Philip & Son | 1970 | 48 pages of multiple maps, 1713 to 1970 | 911 | Roll 29C4 |
| Gail Roberts | Atlas of Discovery | Aldus Books | 1973 | Maps of man's movements and journeys of discovery, from 4000BCE to 1969 | 910.9 | Roll 29C4 |
| David Hill | An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England | Basil Blackwell | 1981 | 260 maps and diagrams on many aspects of Anglo-Saxon life across the country | 911.42 | Roll 29C4 |
| Automobile Association | Ordnance Survey Atlas of Victorian & Edwardian Britain | Automobile Association | 1991 | 42 maps covering England & Wales, with many Victorian/Edwardian pictures from Francis Frith | 911.0941 | Roll 29C4 |