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1. Heezen-Tharp collection : Arctic Ocean

   approximately 370 items. 71 folders. 2 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This sub-collection of the Heezen-Tharp maps and papers collection contains some 370 cartographic items and supporting materials that are related to Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp's mapping of the Arctic Ocean floor. The item types include manuscript and published maps, soundings, reports, and other scientific data. The materials are stored offsite at Ft. Meade and must be requested advance of visiting the Geography and Map Reading Room.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

2. Heezen-Tharp collection : World/Miscellaneous

   approximately 5890 items. 330 folders. 146 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This sub-collection of the Heezen-Tharp maps and papers collection contains some 5890 cartographic items and supporting materials that are related to Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp's mapping of the ocean floor represented in worldwide depictions and also contains miscellaneous materials. The item types include manuscript and published maps, soundings, reports, and other scientific data. The materials are stored offsite at Ft. Meade and must be requested advance of visiting the Geography and Map Reading Room.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. Heezen-Tharp collection : Indian Ocean

   approximately 1311 items. 267 folders. 11 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This sub-collection of the Heezen-Tharp maps and papers collection contains some 1311 cartographic items and supporting materials that are related to Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp's mapping of the Indian Ocean floor. The item types include manuscript and published maps, soundings, reports, and other scientific data. The materials are stored offsite at Ft. Meade and must be requested advance of visiting the Geography and Map Reading Room.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

4. Heezen-Tharp collection : Atlantic Ocean

   approximately 9600 items. 977 map folders. 14 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This sub-collection of the Heezen-Tharp maps and papers collection contains some 9600 cartographic items and supporting materials that are related to Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp's mapping of the Atlantic Ocean floor. The item types include manuscript and published maps, soundings, reports, and other scientific data. The materials are stored offsite at Ft. Meade and must be requested advance of visiting the Geography and Map Reading Room.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

5. Heezen-Tharp collection : Antarctica

   approximately 716 items. 129 folders. 6 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This sub-collection of the Heezen-Tharp maps and papers collection contains some 716 cartographic items and supporting materials that are related to Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp's mapping of the Antarctic Ocean floor. The item types include manuscript and published maps, soundings, reports, and other scientific data. The materials are stored offsite at Ft. Meade and must be requested advance of visiting the Geography and Map Reading Room.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

6. Heezen-Tharp collection

   255 boxes (estimated 370 linear ft.). -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp worked for the Lamont-Doherty Earth Science Observatory of Columbia University and mapped the ocean floor from 1957 to 1977. Heezen was geologist and Tharp was a cartographer. The collection consists of the textual materials, photographs, and scientific data. Related maps and globes are held by the Geography and Map Division and cataloged separately.

7. Minto map collection, 1769-1811

   14 manuscript maps. 1 accompanying text. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Minto map collection contains 14 manuscript maps of Penang (Malaya), Sumatra, Java, and Ternate (Dutch East Indies) and a short text accompanying one of the maps. The maps were collected on behalf of and owned by Gilbert Elliot, Earl of Minto, likely during his tenure as Governor-General of India from 1807-1814. These richly colored and illustrated maps show forts, cities, notable geographic features, and soundings of the waters surrounding and between islands. The maps reflect the geopolitical conflicts between the British, Dutch, and French empires in the Indonesian region during the Napoleonic Wars.