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Slavic and East European Visual Materials: Maps and Atlases

Maps and Atlases

The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, established in 1898, includes an impressive array of Slavic and East European materials. The types of materials include atlases, map sets, and individual maps as well as gazetteers, official place name lists, bibliographies, and other book publications relating to the geography and cartography of those countries. Alongside general maps of countries, one encounters numerous historical maps and atlases, geological and mineralogical surveys, navigational charts, maps of smaller regions and cities, road atlases, military maps (some of them dating from periods of conflict in the region), and economic, ethnographic, and other specialized materials. There are a significant number of original early maps with the Hungarian collection particularly rich in this regard. For some sample holdings of the Division see the list below.

Please note that portions of the Map Division's collection that were created before 1970 are not yet searchable through the catalog, please email the Division (maps@nypl.org) for help locating materials in advance of your visit. The historical Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division (1971) is still a useful tool and is accessible through Hathi Trust. Please also refer to the information in "Visiting the Collection."  

Maps (in chronological order)

Atlases

Maps

Black sea map

St. Petersburg map

czechoslovakia map

Russia map

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