{"id":1932,"date":"2024-08-21T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natlibmu.govmu.org\/natlibmu\/?page_id=1932"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:08:34","slug":"map-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natlibmu.govmu.org\/natlibmu\/?page_id=1932","title":{"rendered":"MAP COLLECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1932\" class=\"elementor elementor-1932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aa070e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0aa070e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f59a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84f59a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Map Collection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5784da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b5784da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01cdf47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01cdf47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a0d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37a0d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The National Library&#8217;s Map Collection contains approximately 1, 300 maps (as at June 2020), forming a historically and culturally significant entity. 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