History and Background
Geography
and Maps: An Illustrated Guide
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The Geography and Map Division (G&M) has custody
of the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in
the world with collections numbering over 5 million maps, 72,000
atlases, 6,000 reference works, over 500 globes and globe gores,
and numerous plastic relief models, and a large number of cartographic
materials in other formats, including electronic. The online Map
Collections represents only a small fraction that have been converted
to digital form. These images were created from maps and atlases
and, in general, are restricted to items that are in public domain,
meaning those which are not covered by copyright.
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