Ligue des Bibliothèques Europeènnes de Recherche, groupe des Cartothécaires de LIBER

Inventory cartographical collections Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of The Netherlands) per Juli 1, 1996
Area-code Area name Depot, maps Depot, atlases* Humanities, maps Humanities, atlases* Total, maps Total, atlases
0 Imaginary world 3 - 2 3 5 3
1 Space 5 26 11 3 16 29
2 World 431 379 264 406 695 785
3 Oceans 292 2 36 59 328 61
4 Europe, whole 559 413 276 104 835 517
4.210 Netherlands 6,276 1,204 422 119 6,698 1,323
4.210.110 Zuid-Holland 2,388 74 320 19 2,708 93
4.210.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
4.210.450 Limburg 158 42 9 4 167 46
4.... Europe, separate countries 560 37 1,120 399 1,680 436
5 Asia 44 6 259 157 303 163
6 Africa 42 5 50 63 92 68
7 America 37 1 214 111 251 112
8 Oceania & Australia 7 - 89 16 96 16
- Unknown - - 113 16 113 16
TOTAL - 13,364 2,814 3,448 1,526 16,812 4,340

*Inclusive map books, i.e. a publication with a large part dedicated to maps.

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