Detail View: Charting The Nation: The River of Forth [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042018
Shelfmark: 
Sp Coll Mu3-x.5
Holding Institution: 
Glasgow University Library
Title: 
The River of Forth
Creator: 
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1685-1686
Description: 
This manuscript chart of the River Forth was made by the Scottish mapmaker John Adair (1660-1718) in about 1685. It was the most accurate depiction of the river in its time. It depicts the river from Stirling in the west to South Queensferry in the east. Most of the features marked are coastal, including sandbanks, anchorages and soundings. Clearly, the purpose of this map was to aid navigation of the river. This chart is bound into a copy of Adair's 'The Description of the Sea-Coast and Islands of Scotland' (1703) now belonging to Glasgow University Library. Its discovery was an important addition to the surviving body of his work.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
34.5 x 47cm (1' 1 9/16" x 1' 6 1/2")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Alloa
Subject Place: 
Clackmannan
Subject Place: 
Dunfermline
Subject Place: 
Forth, Firth of
Subject Place: 
Hopetoun
Subject Place: 
Kinneil
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Nautical charts
Reference: 
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps by John Adair: a further discovery',Scottish Geographical Magazine, 101 (1985) pp.105-110.
Related Work Title: 
John Adair, The description of the sea-coast and islands of Scotland, with large and exact maps, for the use of seamen, Edinburgh: MDCC. III. [1703].[Not called for; bound in at end]
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 Glasgow University Library
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
95379014
Repro Title: 
The River of Forth [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042018c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000022
Repro Capture Date: 
30/03/2000