New maps, old maps, and spatial data!
In addition to our General Collections, atlases and maps are distributed through three main divisions of the Special Collections Department at Princeton University Library: Historic Maps, Rare Books, and Manuscripts. Single maps are also distributed with the largest concentration being in the Historic Maps Collection, which holds flat maps, cased maps, atlases and gazetteers printed before 1919 (the end of World War I). For more information on PUL's historic maps, see John Delaney's important 1992 exhibition catalogue: From Circle to Sphere - Historic Maps since Columbus.
PUL has a strong commitment to digitizing our physical maps collections and continuously growing our born digital maps and geographic data holdings worldwide. Many of these collections are made available through the Online Catalog, DPUL, and our Digital Maps and Geographic Data Portal.
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