References and Repositories Abbreviations

ACML Association of Canadian Map Libraries. Facsimile map number.
AGM Archivo General, Mexico City
BAN Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley CA
BCAR CM British Columbia Archives Cartographic Material (CM) number
BLIB British Library (orig. listings from beta version of CD). Map catalogue is now available online.
BPP British Parliamentary Papers. Most are available at BC Archives or UBC.
CC F# Colonial correspondence in BC Archives, under file number, by author’s name. On microfilm.
CROSSE Unpublished list by John Crosse (Spanish maps). Contact HMSBC.
CWD Glenbow Museum Calgary catlaogue: Canadian West Discovered.
DA Dominion Archives 1912 Catalogue of Maps, Pland and Charts. by Holmden. See NMC,NAC.
DL Surveyor-General of BC, Legal Surveys Vault, Victoria, or Locker Number
FAR Farley, A.L. Historical Cartography of BC. (thesis)
FAU Faupel’s catalogues. Catalogue number followed by map number.
HALL Hall, G.K., Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, 1926
GOETZ Goetzmann, William, The Land of Promise and other books.
HAYES Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (1999) Refs to map numbers in book.
HAYES2 Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean (2001)
HBCA Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg. See Ruggles for a list of most maps.
HCM Farrell, B., Explorations in the History of Canadian Mapping.
LC1 Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Phillips List of Maps of America 1901, reprinted1967 (parts only).
LC2 Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Phillips list, Alaska and NW part of America 1898.
LC3 Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Online entries etc.
LMM Martin-Meras, luisa. Fondos Cartograficos Espanoles de la costa Noroeste de America en al Museo Naval de Madrid. See MN.
LSV Surveyor-General of BC, Legal Surveys Vault, Victoria, or Locker Number
MAL Higueras Rodrigues, D. Catalogo Critico de los Documentos de la Expedicion Malaspina. 1985
MM Thomson, D.W. Men and Meridians: The History of Surveying and Mapping in Canada. 3 vols.
MN Museo Naval, Madrid
MSBC Historical Map Society of BC facsimile map number.
NAC Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
NMC National Map Collection number, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
NOAA US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, online catalog of US Coast Survey charts (includes US Exploring Expedition 1841)
OHS Oregon Historical Society, Portland OR
PRO The National Archives (ex-Public Record Office), Kew, UK
RCH R.C. (Bob) Harris personal catalogue. All RCH material is now in UBC Special Collections.
RGS Classified index of maps in the Royal Geographical Society’s publications 1830-1883. Robert Bliss, 1886. Journal reference index cards not examined.
RUGG Ruggles, R.I., A Country So Interesting: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Two Centuries of Mapping 1670-1870. See also HBCA.
SP Unpublished list by John Spittle (Royal Engineers). Contact HMSBC.
TAY Maps from dealer’s catalogues from I. Taylor.
UBC A University of BC Special Collections “A” list, cards photocopied from chronological file. See finding aid for catalogue numbers.
UBC B University of BC Special Collections “B” list, downloads from computer listed maps. See finding aid for catalogue numbers.
UBC-B University of BC Special Collections list of British hydrographic maps.
UKHO United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Taunton, UK. See Andrew David, A Supplementary List to 1850 or extract from index to original documents, pre 1930. MS charts may not be individually recorded in the HMSBC database.
USNA NARA, US National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
VCA City of Vancouver Archives. Catalogue number or Matthews list number.
VMM Vancouver Maritime Museum. Map Drawer or book by name (call numbers now available).
VPL Vancouver Public Library Special Collections. Map or journal name or call number.
WAG Wagner, H.R., Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to 1800. Reference is by Wagner’s number. See item to find repository.
WAGNER Wagner, H.R., Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. 1971 reprint.
WH Wheat, Carl. Mapping the TransMississippi West. Plate number.

References and Repositories Abbreviations