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Welcome to the MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online website.

MAPCO's aim is to provide genealogists, students and historians with free access to high quality scans of rare and beautiful antique maps and views.

The site displays a variety of highly collectable 18th and 19th century maps and plans of London and the British Isles, and also 19th century maps and engravings relating to Australia.

The MAPCO website is updated regularly. Check the 'News' page to see what has been added.

 
 
     


Enjoy the MAPCO website. It is free!

     




   Old Adelaide Photos

Photographs Of Adelaide c1880-c1910
@
adelaidephotos.com.au



Panoramic View From Sussex Street, North Adelaide, c1872-1875, By Townsend Duryea
Click To View Historical Photographs Of Adelaide

Adelaide Photos



Click To View Historical Photographs Of South Australia

S.A. Country Photos


Visit the Old Adelaide Photos website at:

           adelaidephotos.com.au

The site provides:
  • Online historical images of Adelaide and South Australia.

  • Free use for personal study by students, amateur historians and genealogists.

  • Search Engine to easily find images in the collection:

     

  • Complements access to free online historical Australian maps at the MAPCO website.
Amongst the items displayed is a panoramic view taken from Sussex Street, North Adelaide, c1872-75.

Attributed to Townsend Duryea, this image is well worth a look:

Panoramic View From Sussex Street, North Adelaide, Looking South, Showing Melbourne Street, c1872-1875

Many more Adelaide and country South Australia photographs are being prepared for display.

MAPCO hopes that you find this site of interest.








   Featured MAPCO Map

Walker's Geological Map Of England, Wales, And Part Of Scotland c1836
Walker's Geological Map Of England, Wales, And Part Of Scotland c1836


Title:
A Geological Map Of England, Wales, And Part Of Scotland, Showing Also The Inland Navigation By Means Of Rivers And Canals, With Their Elevation In Feet Above The Sea, Together With The Rail Roads & Principal Roads, By J. & C. Walker.
Publisher:
J. & C. Walker, No. 3 Burleigh Street, Strand, London. c1836.
Scale:
1" : 9 Statute Miles
Total Size:
100cm x 144cm (39½" x 56¾")

Hand coloured map, dissected and mounted on linen. Folds down to 9¾" x 6¼".

Imprint in bottom margin, trimmed, and largely unreadable. This edition probably a secondary state of this map, published c1836, which, despite being heavily re-engraved, still carries the original publication date of 18th December 1835 (see notes on dating).

This edition of the map has been re-engraved with significant changes. It has been extended northwards to include Forfar, with inclusion of a 'Geological & Mineralogical Section From The St. George's Channel To The German Ocean' at the top right. The title has been removed from top left and engraved in the North Sea, east of Yorkshire.

Imprint reads "Published according to Act of Parliament by J. & C. Walker, Decr 18th 1835, 3 Burleigh Street, Strand, London."

State 1 of this map included the name of J.A. Knipe (James Alexander Knipe, Geologist), however, re-engraving and subsequent re-issue of the map occurred during 1836-1837, with Knipe's name omitted from the title.






   Featured MAPCO Map

Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1864
Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1864; Showing All The Proposed Metropolitan Railways and Improvements.


Title:
Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1864; Showing All The Proposed Metropolitan Railways and Improvements.
Publisher:
Published by Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross, London, S.W.
Scale:
6 Inches To 1 Statute Mile
Total Size:
1690mm Wide x 1920mm High (66½" Wide x 72½" High)

Large scale and highly detailed map of London, with proposed Metropolitan railway lines and improvements overlaid in various colours, numbered.

This is the second of MAPCO's copies of Stanford's Library Map of London to be displayed. The railway overlay makes this a unique, fascinating, and rare map, of interest to family historians, local historians, and railway enthusiasts.

This map has its own domain name:

london1864.com

Enjoy this unique, high quality map of London. Later copies of Stanford's Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs from 1873 and 1897 will be on display in 2011.





   Featured MAPCO Map

Map Of London 1868, By Edward Weller, F.R.G.S.
Map Of London 1868, By Edward Weller, F.R.G.S.


This is one of the largest maps to be displayed on the MAPCO website. The detail is amazing. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, who had previously published the map in 1863, declared that their "large map of London, as well as being the largest, is universally admitted to be the best map of London ever produced". This highly detailed map is on a very large scale of 9" to 1 Statute Mile.

This map has its own domain name:

london1868.com

Chosen because it is simple to remember, this is an easy way to access the map directly.

The map can still be reached via the MAPCO website. Similarly the MAPCO website can still be accessed through the Map Of London 1868 website. The map is still part of the MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online website.

Do take a look at this wonderful map. The detail is truly stunning!




   Featured MAPCO Map

Stanford’s Geological Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1878
Stanford’s Geological Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1878


Title:
Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs; Or, Stanford’s Geological Library Map Of London
Publisher:
Published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross Road SW, May 1st 1878
Scale:
On A Scale Of 6 Inches To 1 Statute Mile, Or 1 Inch To 880 Feet
Sheet Size:
On 4 sheets, each 865mm Wide x 990mm High
(34" Wide x 39" High)
Total Size:
1730mm Wide x 1980mm High (68" Wide x 78" High)

This amazing, intriguing, and beautiful map is one of the most significant 19th century maps of London ever produced.

This map is arguably the finest of MAPCO's maps on display, and will be of equal interest to family historians, local historians, geotechnicians, and geologists.

This map has its own domain at:

london1878.com





 



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