Research Guides: HIST 3363: Britain to 1714: Find Maps, Atlases, and Images

Librarian

Kristina Claunch

Contact:

936-294-1520
kclaunch@shsu.edu
Library (NGL) Room 223G

Maps & Atlases

The Times Atlas of Britain
Call Number: G1812.2 .C6 2010, Reference Atlas Cases
Atlas of the British Empire (1500-1980s)
Call Number: DA16 .A8 1989, 4th floor
Historical Atlas of Britain
Call Number: G1812.21 .S1 H5 1981, Reference
The Counties of Britain: A Tudor Atlas
Call Number: G1815 .S63 1989, Reference

Maps & Atlases: Websites

Locating London's Past
Map and visualize textual and artefactual data relating to 17th- and 18t-century London. "Records of crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, local administration, plague deaths and archaeological finds can all be searched and mapped on this site."
Scanned Maps Online from the British Library
Maps at British History Online
Maps at A Vision of Britain Through Time
Maps of Great Britain, circa early 1600s
High-quality scans of proof maps prepared for John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, which was published in 1611/12. (Cambridge Univ.)
Historical Maps of Ireland, ca.1558-1610 (British National Archives)
Maps of Scotland, 1560-1928 (National Library of Scotland)

Images

Find portraits of England's rulers, paintings of historic battles, and more. Please note that these images may or may not be considered primary sources, depending on the context of their creation, but can be valuable sources of information regardless.

Artstor Digital Library This link opens in a new window Provides over 1.6 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.