Geography

Special Collections Research Center, Gelman Library
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Washington, DC 20052
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The Special Collections Research Center has maps related to the Holy Land and the city of Washington, D.C.  These two most prominent topics are listed in descriptions found on this page.

Library of Congress map collection: 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.

Library of Congress online map collection: The focus of Map Collections is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress.  

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