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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042589
Shelfmark:
EMS.s.738(15)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A plan of Loch Sunart ... become famous by the greatest national improvement this age has produc'd
Imprint:
[Edinburgh: Bruce, 1733]
Creator:
Cooper, Richard (b.1696, d.1764)
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Bruce, Alexander, Captain (active 1706)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Murray, Alexander, Sir (b.1743)
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Wade, George (b.1673, d.1748)
Creator Role:
Dedicatee
Date:
1733
Description:
This map of the Ardnamurchan area titled 'A plan of Loch Sunart' by Alexander Bruce was engraved by Richard Cooper in Edinburgh in 1733. It was reproduced in 'The True Interest of Great Britain' published by Sir Alexander Murray in 1740. Murray had discovered lead ore and bought the land around Sunart in 1723. The lead mining rights were leased to the York Buildings Company. The map is dedicated to General Wade, Commander in Chief of the army in Scotland, who was a partner in the company. A marginal drawing shows the mine buildings, including water wheels which were used to drive machines to crush the ore. Later, in the 1750s, water power was also used to drain the mines.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
70.8 x 47.5cm (2' 3 7/8" x 1' 6 11/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Argyll and Bute
Subject Place:
Loch Sunart
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, pp.14, 163-164.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
104261478
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 5904
Repro ID Number:
0042589c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000544
Repro Capture Date:
06/06/2000 15:45:00

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