Charles Stuart de Rothesay Collection of Maps, 1715-1840

Summary

Creators:

Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron, 1779-1845

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.

Extent:

51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.) 5 oversize boxes

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Physical location:

Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Diplomats--Great Britain--Archival resources.
Maps--18th century.
Maps--19th century.

Indexes:

Geographical Locations Covered By The Maps

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
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
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
Library Catalog	Boxes 50-51

Chronological List of Maps.

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
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

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

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