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Adv.MS.70.2.11 (Adair 9)
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Adv.MS.70.2.11 (Adair 9)
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National Library of Scotland
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
[Map of Midlothian]
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[Map of Midlothian]
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Creator:
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
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Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
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Mapmaker
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Creator:
Robert, Earl of Lothian
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Robert, Earl of Lothian
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Dedicatee
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Date:
1681-1683
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Description:
A manuscript map of Midlothian which forms part of a series of county surveys drawn by the cartographer John Adair in the early 1680s, possibly working for Sir Robert Sibbald in his ill-fated project to publish a new Scottish atlas. It concentrates on identifying settlements between the Rivers Almond and Esk and is characterised by detailed plans of Edinburgh, Leith, Dalkeith and Musselburgh. Several roads are delineated by dotted lines and six bridges cross the Water of Leith. Some Pentland Hills are named and the site of Rullion Green battlefield (1666) is marked. Unusually for a manuscript, the map has a dedication, in this case to the Earl of Lothian, and the crests of another fourteen of the local gentry.
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A manuscript map of Midlothian which forms part of a series of county surveys drawn by the cartographer John Adair in the early 1680s, possibly working for Sir Robert Sibbald in his ill-fated project to publish a new Scottish atlas. It concentrates on identifying settlements between the Rivers Almond and Esk and is characterised by detailed plans of Edinburgh, Leith, Dalkeith and Musselburgh. Several roads are delineated by dotted lines and six bridges cross the Water of Leith. Some Pentland Hills are named and the site of Rullion Green battlefield (1666) is marked. Unusually for a manuscript, the map has a dedication, in this case to the Earl of Lothian, and the crests of another fourteen of the local gentry.
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Manuscript map/plan
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84.2 x 58.3cm (2' 9 1/8" x 1' 10 15/16")
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84.2 x 58.3cm (2' 9 1/8" x 1' 10 15/16")
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Paper
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Pen and ink
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Subject Place:
Dalkeith
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Dalkeith
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Lothian
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Lothian
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Subject Place:
Scotland
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Scotland
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Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, pp.591-592.
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Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, pp.591-592.
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Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.206.
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Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.206.
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Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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