http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0t1nc51r No online items Finding Aid for the Charles Stuart de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840 Processed by Evert Volkersz; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Charles Stuart 931 1 de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840 Descriptive Summary Title: Charles Stuart de Rothesay Collection of Maps, Date (inclusive): 1715-1840 Collection number: 931 Creator: Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron, 1779-1845 Extent: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)5 oversize boxes Abstract: Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845) was a member of the British diplomatic service (1808-45). He served as joint chargé d'affaires at Madrid (1808), envoy to Portugal (1810), minister at the Hague (1815-16), ambassador to Paris (1815-30), and ambassador to St. Petersburg (1841-45). He made G.C.B. and a privy councillor in 181, and was created Baron Stuart de Rothesay of the Isle of Bute in 1828. The collection contains some 530 maps collected while Baron Stuart served with the British diplomatic service, and the Baron's library catalog. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Charles Stuart de Rothesay Collection of Maps (Collection 931). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Biography Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay was born on January 2, 1779; he entered the British diplomatic service, and became joint chargé d'affaires at Madrid in 1808; sent as envoy to Portugal in 1810, where he was created Count of Machico and Marquis of Angra, and Knight grand cross of the Tower and Sword; made G.C.B. and a privy councillor in 1812; was minister at the Hague, 1815-16, ambassador to Paris, 1815-30, and ambassador to St. Petersburg, 1841-45; was created Baron Stuart de Rothesay of the Isle of Bute in 1828; he died on November 6, 1845. Scope and Content Collection contains some 530 maps collected while Baron Stuart served with the British diplomatic service from 1808-45. Also contains the Baron's library catalog. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron, 1779-1845--Archives. Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron, 1779-1845--Library--Catalogs. Diplomats--Great Britain--Archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material Maps--18th century. Maps--19th century. Afghanistan:Box 55 Africa:Box 34, 49, 56,Box 55 Albania:Box 22 Amazon River:Box 38 America:Box 49 Antilles:Box see West Indies Finding Aid for the Charles Stuart 931 2 de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840 Argentine republic:Box 48 Asia:Box 48,Box 52,Box 55 Atlantic ocean:Box 47,Box 43 Austria:Box 30,Box 33,Box 41 Bahamas:Box 20 Baltic sea:Box 24,Box 26,Box 33,Box 39,Box 52 Baltic states:Box 24,Box 26,Box 33,Box 39,Box 52 Belgium:Boxes 14-15,Box 26,Box 48 Black sea:Box 48,Box 34 Bohemia:Box 23;see also Germany Bologna:Box 52 Brussels:Box 26 Caribbean area:Box 20,Box 23 Caucasus:Box 28 Central America:Box 20,Box 46 China:Box 52 Croatia:Box 48;see also Yugoslavia Cuba:Box 20 Czechoslovak republic:Box 23,Box 32,Box 40,Box 43 Dalmatia:Box 22,Box 48,Box 56;see also Yugoslavia Danube River:Box 25 Dardanelles:Box 34 Denmark:Box 21,Box 45;see also Scandinavia East Indies:Box 47 Estonia:Box 26;see also Baltic states Ethiopia:Box 55 Europe:Box 31,Box 40,Box 46,Box 47,Box 48,Box 49,Box 56 Finland:Box 21,Box 22;see also Scandinavia Finland, Gulf of:Box 53 France:Boxes 1-13(see register for detailed listing),Box 16-19,Box 48,Box 49 Galicia:Box 23,Box 24,Box 31;see also Poland, Germany Germany:Box 24,Box 27,Box 28,Box 31,Boxes 32-33,Box 33,Box 36,Box 37,Box 38,Box 40,Box 41,Box 43,Box 46,Box 47,Box 48,Box 52 Gozo:Box 39;see also Mediterranean Sea Greece:Box 34 Great Britain:Box 49 Haiti:Box 20,Box 23 Hungary:Box 41,Box 42,Box 47 India:Box 47,Box 55 Indian Ocean:Box 47 Iran:Box 55 Ireland:Box 49 Israel:Box 55 Istanbul:Box 34,Box 56 Italy:Box 22,Box 23,Box 24,Box 30,Box 34,Boxes 37-38,Box 37,Box 38,Box 40,Box 41,Box 46,Box 49,Box 53 Japan:Box 52 Korea:Box 52 Kuril Islands:Box 52 Finding Aid for the Charles Stuart 931 3 de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840 Latvia:Box 26 Lebanon:Box 55 Leningrad:Box 28 [UNK]:Boxes 35-36 Luxemburg:Boxes 1-13 passim,Box 2,Boxes 14-15,Box 48 Malta:Box 39 Mediterranean Sea:Box 39,Box 48,Box 53 Mexico:Box 20 Minorca:Box 31 Moldavia:Box 34 Moravia:Box 43;see also Czechoslovak republic, Germany Naples:Box 37,Box 39,Box 46 Near East:Box 55 Netherlands:Boxes 14-15,Box 26,Box 40,Box 43,Box 44,Box 48 North Sea:Box 43,Box 47;see also Atlantic ocean Norway:Box 21,Box 38 Pacific ocean:Box 47 Pakistan:Box 55 Paris:Box 9,Box 30,Box 48 Poland:Box 23,Box 24,Box 32;see also Silesia, Russia. Portugal:Box 22,Boxes 27-30,Box 29,Box 30,Boxes 35-36,Box 36 Prussia:Box 24,Box 47;see also Germany Puerto Rico:Box 20 Red Sea:Box 55 Rhine River:Box 48 Rio de la Plata:Box 48 Rumania:Box 23,Box 41 Russia:Box 23,Box 28,Box 31,Box 32,Box 34,Box 36,Box 39,Box 52,Box 54;see also Silesia, Poland Saint Michael, Azores:Box 43 Santo Domingo Island:see Haiti Sardinia:Box 39 Scandinavia:Box 21,Box 22,Box 33,Box 38,Box 41,Box 45;see also Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Sicily:Box 34,Box 46 Silesia:Box 32,Box 40;see also Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia South America:Box 38 Spain:Box 27-30,Box 29,Box 31,Box 36,Box 41,Box 48 Stockholm:Box 38 Sweden:Box 21,Box 22,Box 38,Box 41;see also Scandinavia Switzerland:Boxes 1-13 passim;Box 25,Box 28,Box 40,Box 49 Syria:Box 46,Box 55 Trieste:Box 48;see also Italy, Yugoslavia Turkey:Box 34,Box 56 Ukraine:Box 23,Box 31;see also Russia Venice:Box 24;see also Italy Vienna:Box 43 West Indies:Box 20,Box 47 World maps:Box 49,Box 55 Yugoslavia:Box 22,Box 23,Box 24,Box 41,Box 48,Box 56 Finding Aid for the Charles Stuart 931 4 de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840 Library CatalogBoxes 50-51 Note The dates given are established in the following order: 1. latest revision; 2. publication date on the map; 3. information on the map about the survey dates; 4. other available dates. Please note in the listing that there are a number of maps for which no dates were discovered. These are not listed below. 1706(?): Box 29 1719: Box 29 1720: Box 23 1732: Box 28 1734: Box 40 1736: Box 40 1738: Box 40 1739: Box 40 1742: Box 53 1744: Boxes 1-13 1746: Box 40 1750(?): Box 38 1759: Box 33(?),Box 37 1760(?): Box 33 1762: Box 42 1767: Box 40 1768: Box 45 1769: Box 42,Box 46 1770: Box 34(?),Box 45 1771: Box 45 1772: Box 45 1774: Box 47 1775: Box 20,Boxes 27-30( ca.1775) 1776: Box 23,Box 45,Box 47 1777: Boxes 14-15,Box 45 1778: Box 28 1780: Box 31,Box 38,Box 45 1782: Box 48 1783: Box 45 1784: Box 23 1785: Box 22,Box 24,Box 38 1786: Box 21,Box 25 (1786-1802) 1787: Box 21,Box 22,Box 45(1787-1806) 1788: Box 21,Box 22,Boxes 32-33,Box 41, 47 1789: Box 22,Box 24,Box 25,Box 41 1790: Box 21,Box 23,Box 36,Box 38 1791: Box 21,Box 34,Box 43,Box 52 1792: Box 22,Box 28 1793: Box 22,Box 37 1794: Box 20,Box 31 1795: Box 21 1796: Box 22,Box 24 (1796-1802) 1797: Box 22,Box 41 Finding Aid for the Charles Stuart 931 5 de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840 1798: Box 20,Box 23,Box 26,Box 48 1799: Box 20,Box 30,Box 41,Box 46 1800: Box 21,Box 32,Box 33,Box 49 1801: Box 28,Box 31,Box 38,Box 39,Box 41,Box 54(1801-1804) 1802: Box 20,Box 36,Box 40,Box 42,Box 43 1803: Box 21,Box 31,Box 40,Box 46,Box 48 1804: Box 21,Box 24,Box 28,Box 32,Box 34,Box 42,Box 43,Box 48,Box 55,Box 56 1805: Box 20,Box 21,Box 23,Box 30,Box 33,Box 38,Box 52,Box 55 1806: Box 21,Box 22,Box 34,Box 38 1807: Box 22,Box 26,Box 33,Boxes 37-38,Box 41,Box 53 1808: Box 27,Box 29,Box 43,Box 47 1809: Box 55 1810: Box 22,Box 26,Box 56 1811: Box 22,Box 39,Box 52,Box 55 1812: Box 26,Box 30,Box 47,Box 56 1813: Box 19,Box 55 1814: Box 48,Box 55 1815: Boxes 16-19 1817: Box 49 1818: Box 49,Box 55 1819: Box 48,Box 49 1820: Box 48,Box 49,Box 56 1821: Box 49 1822: Box 49 1823: Box 49 1836: Box 48 Boxes 1-14 Nouvelle carte qui comprend les principaux triangles qui servent de fondement a la description geometrique de la France; levee par ordre du roy.