Large-scale plans of a city or town created to assist fire insurance companies in risk assessment; the maps list street blocks and building numbers in use at the time the maps were made.
The Map Collection of the United Nations cartographic section houses over 80,000 maps, some 3,000 atlases, gazetteers, travel guides, cartographic and geographic reference works as well as digital cartographic products.
Names and other information about places on all continents and nations of the modern political world, as well as historical places. The emphasis is on places important for art and architecture.
