Detail View: Charting The Nation: The Petition of John Adair Geographer [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042903
Shelfmark: 
PC12/1701-04/23
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
The Petition of John Adair Geographer
Creator: 
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1696
Description: 
Notes that Parliament has taken 'into their consideration the great use and necessity of exact mapps & descriptiones of the sea-coasts and isles of Scotland ... [and] It is humbly represented that exact mapps and descriptiones of the sea coasts are the greatest means to invite fforaigners to trade upon our coasts' ... therefore he requests that an examination be made of the impositione 'that the work in hand especiallie the surveying of the River of Clyde may be gone about and to give warrand to the committee to order such soumes of money for your petitioner's use as shall be thought fitt ...'.
Work Type: 
Manuscript text
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
11794366
Repro Title: 
The Petition of John Adair Geographer [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
3715 x 3363
Repro ID Number: 
0042903c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002519
Repro Capture Date: 
01/03/2001