{"id":87113,"date":"2023-09-30T17:53:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?page_id=87113"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:26:04","slug":"nsk-map-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/nsk-collections\/nsk-map-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"NSK Map Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">NSK Map Collection, one of four special collections of NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, holds all types of maps and atlases, among which the historical items and manuscript maps stand out as particularly valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk161-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Item from the NSK Map Collection.\" class=\"wp-image-87114 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk161-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk161-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk161-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Holdings<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collection\u2019s resources include all types of maps \u2013 general and thematic maps, topographic maps at all scales, plans of cities and sea charts, historical, manuscript and celestial maps, and all types of atlases. Its around 42,000 sheet maps and nearly 2,000 atlases are organized in several thematic and chronological units divided into three main categories, i.e. historical and manuscript cartographic material, The Novak Collection and more recent cartographic resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Historical and manuscript cartographic material<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"two-images two-images--has-two-images\">\n    <figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1240\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Item from the NSK Map Collection.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk172-1-scaled-1-1620x1080.jpg 1620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1860px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1860\/1240;\" \/><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1240\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Item from the NSK Map Collection.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nsk173-scaled-1-1620x1080.jpg 1620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1860px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1860\/1240;\" \/><\/figure><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Andreas Cellarius. <em>Harmonia macrocosmica<\/em>, 1708.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing the Collection\u2019s greatest treasures, the woodcut and copperplate maps and atlases dating from the beginning of the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century to the mid-19<sup>th<\/sup> century include manuscript maps, drafts and plans comprising over 1,500 sheet maps and around one hundred atlases authored by the world\u2019s greatest cartographers such as Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, Joan Blaeu, Johannes Janssonius, Vincenzo Maria Coronelli and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially valuable are the atlases by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, Johann Baptist Homann, Tobias Conrad Lotter, George Matth\u00e4us Seutter, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/katalog.nsk.hr\/F\/?func=direct&amp;doc_number=000596457\">Isolario<\/a><\/em> by Benedetto Bordone, two editions of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/katalog.nsk.hr\/F\/?func=direct&amp;doc_number=000597175\">Geographiae<\/a><\/em> by Claudius Ptolemy, a priceless 1806 manuscript atlas by Charles-Fran\u00e7ois Beautemps-Beaupr\u00e9 popularly referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalna.nsk.hr\/?pr=i&amp;id=11186\">\u2018Napoleon\u2019s atlas\u2019<\/a> and an exceptionally valuable collections of drafts and plans of the city of Osijek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Novak Collection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Novak Collection, one of few, the most significant and richest Croatian cartographical collections, is preserved as part of the Collection. Compiled by Dr Drago Novak, Croatia\u2019s notable 20<sup>th<\/sup>-century physician and scientist, but also a passionate researcher and collector of old maps, it contains valuable 16<sup>th<\/sup>-20<sup>th<\/sup>-centuries maps and prints documenting the regions of Croatia and its neighbouring countries, as well as some 200 book titles and atlases of recent date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More recent cartographic resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collection\u2019s more recent resources comprise cartographic material dating from the mid-19<sup>th<\/sup> century to the present day. Exceptionally valuable in this category is the 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century collection of the maps of Croatia, plans of Zagreb, Croatia\u2019s capital, and other Croatian cities, and the collections of the topographic maps of Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reference collection&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collection makes available an extensive reference collection comprising several hundred titles in the field of cartography and map librarianship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Digital resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collection\u2019s digitised and born-digital resources are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalna.nsk.hr\/\">NSK Digital Collections<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalna.nsk.hr\/kartografska\/\">NSK Digitised Cartographic<\/a> Resources websites.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Digitisation requests<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collection\u2019s resources may be digitised upon request, for research purposes only. Digitisation requests may be submitted by filling out a <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Obrazac-Zahtjeva-za-digitalne-preslike-Zbirka-zemljovida-i-atlasa_2026.docx\">request form<\/a> and emailing it at <a href=\"mailto:kartografska@nsk.hr\">kartografska@nsk.hr<\/a><a href=\"mailto:grafzbirka@nsk.hr\"><\/a>\u00a0or in person, in the Collection\u2019s reading room.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<section  class=\"block-section two-columns-block has-2-col\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"two-columns-block__container\">\n\n            <div class=\"two-columns-block__column richText\">\n                                    <h3>Opening hours<\/h3>\n                                <p>Monday \u2013 Friday 8.00 \u2013 16.00<br \/>\nHoldings may be requested and consulted from 9.00 to 15.00.<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .col-1 -->\n\n                            <div class=\"two-columns-block__column richText\">\n                                                                        <h3>Location<\/h3>\n                                                <p data-wahfont=\"13\">Floor 2<\/p>\n<p data-wahfont=\"13\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n                    \n                <\/div><!-- .col-2 -->\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"block-section two-columns-block has-2-col\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"two-columns-block__container\">\n\n            <div class=\"two-columns-block__column richText\">\n                                    <h3>Contact<\/h3>\n                                <p><a href=\"mailto:kartografska@nsk.hr\">kartografska@nsk.hr<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>+385 1 616 4083&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>+385 1 616 4084&nbsp;<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .col-1 -->\n\n                            <div class=\"two-columns-block__column richText\">\n                                                                        <h3>Staff<\/h3>\n                                                <p><a href=\"mailto:mmiletic-drder@nsk.hr\">Dr&nbsp;Mira Mileti\u0107 Drder<\/a>, Head of the Collection<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ngosljevic@nsk.hr\">Nikolina Go\u0161ljevi\u0107<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dhoracek@nsk.hr\">Dalija Hora\u010dek<\/a><\/p>\n                    \n                <\/div><!-- .col-2 -->\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSK Map Collection, one of four special collections of NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, holds all types of maps and atlases,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":84803,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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