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Subject:        New maps online - fire insurance plans Britain and Ireland
Date:   Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:49:29 -0000
From:   Kowal, Kimberly <[log in to unmask]>
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New release of British Library maps online via BL Georeferencer
http://maps.bl.uk <http://maps.bl.uk>

Last week, nearly 2,800 maps were posted online and are available for
georeferencing. Two collectionswere included:

British + Irish towns: fire insurance plans- ~2500 maps

The Chas E Goad Ltd fire insurance plans of British and Irish towns and
citiesprovide unique information not found elsewhere about land use,
buildings and the urban landscape in the late 19c-e 20thc. These are
invaluable for geneaologists and local historians.
See the blog here for more info and
links_http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/magnificentmaps/2013/11/2700-new-maps-online-for-georeferencing.html_
Military maps: World War I and US Civil War- ~225 maps
Curator selections for two themes of military mapping: over 100 WWI-era
maps include trench maps, campaign charts, and social and ethnographic
mapping. Maps related to Britain's role in the American Civil War
support that online exhibition
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/uscivilwar/
Kimberly C. Kowal
Lead Curator, Digital Mapping
The British Library
96 Euston Rd.
London NW1 2DB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7849
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