| 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Unpublished list by John Crosse (Spanish maps).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. |
