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Map

Maps reveal shifting views of the world and health, charting disease spread, global exploration and medical journeys.

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Images from the collections

Images of Map

93 images from works
  • The official gay & lesbian guide : Winter 93-94 / GBA.
  • Memorial of religious and military events concerning Prussia from the year 1703. Engraving, c. 1722.
  • A diary and plan of the siege of Colchester, by the Parliament Forces, under the Command of General Fairfax, 1648.
  • North and Central America and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans: map. Engraving, ca. 1777.
  • Back pocket guide to gay & lesbian London : issue 4 / JWH Design, Back Pocket Guides.
  • St Luke's Hospital, Cripplegate, London, with a map of Cripplegate Ward and the armorial device of John Blachford. Engraving by B. Cole, 1755.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical interest in Lambeth, Pimlico, Southwark and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.
  • A general plan of the layout of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with a scale and north point. Coloured lithograph, 1858, after P. C. Hardwick.
  • The map : your guide to services for young gay men, lesbians & bisexuals in London / Camden & Islington Health Promotion Service.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical interest in Chelsea and Kensington. Coloured lithograph, 1913.

Images about Map

24 images from works
  • Distribution of leprosy around the world
  • The last moments of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena, 1821. Engraving by Bovinet and Couché after Gudin.
  • A map of Zambia containing numerous women saying no to sex before marriage; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Anti-AIDS Project and Copperbelt Health Education Project in Zambia. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A map of Berlin highlighting the locations of AIDS-related organisations within the city with the words; a warning issued by the Senator for Social Health and Youth and Family. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • World map in the form of an FFA of the retina
  • Two maps of India highlighting the growing HIV statistics in 1992 and 1993 by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca.1993-7.
  • A map of the world with the four elements, according to Ptolomy, Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and the North and South Hemispheres and their star signs.
  • Distribution of leprosy around the world
  • A map of Zambia containing numerous men saying no to casual sex; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Anti-AIDS Project and Copperbelt Health Education Project in Zambia. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Cortical bone mapping of hip from computed tomography

Works from the collections

Works using this type/technique
Works using this type/technique
Works about this type/technique
Works about this type/technique

177 works

    • Books

    Atlas of cancer mortality in the People's Republic of China / [edited by The Editorial Committee for the Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the People's Republic of China].

    | Date: [1979]
    • Books

    Cancer atlas of the United Kingdom and Ireland 1991-2000 / editors, Mike Quinn [and others].

    | Date: 2005
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Your guide to services for young gay men, bisexuals & lesbians in London / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust.

    | Date: 1998
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Part of a map of the City of Westminster and the immediate environs. Engraving, 1764.

    | Date: 1764 | Reference: 40386i
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Map of Crimea.

Related topics

London
Constipation
Thames River (England)
Intestinal Diseases
Spasm
Phenethylamines
Abdominal Pain
Gay men
Lesbians
United Kingdom

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