TheBeudeker Collection is a collection of maps and views of theNetherlands andBelgium in theBritish Library, created by the Dutch merchantChristoffel Beudeker (1675 or 1685 - 1756).[1][2]
The collection was originally acquired by theBritish Museum in 1861, before the British Library was created. The collection is based onJoan Blaeu's maps of towns of the Netherlands,Tooneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, and the part of Blaeu'sAtlas Major covering the Netherlands. Beudeker also collected many maps, portraits, drawings, views, and satirical prints dated between 1600 and 1756. Additional material added after Beudeker's death extended the collection up to 1815. The collection is in 24 volumes and includes work from important Dutch mapmakers, such as Blaeu,Abraham Ortelius,Visscher, Schenk,Frederik de Wit andHondius.[1]
Parts of the collection have been digitised. The volume,Country houses and gardens of the Netherlands – part one (shelfmark C.9.e.7) has been made available in theTurning the PagesArchived 2012-03-02 at theWayback Machine online exhibition and Volume 21 has been made available at theMemory of the Netherlands, a joint project withKoninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands.[1]
