Detail View: Charting The Nation: A General survey of Inverness & the country adjacent to the foot of Loch-Ness [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0043182
Shelfmark: 
MS.1647.Z.02/76a
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
A General survey of Inverness & the country adjacent to the foot of Loch-Ness
Creator: 
Bastide, John Henri (active 1718-1759)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1719-1727
Description: 
This map shows the town of Inverness, and the surrounding country, with part of Loch Ness and the River Ness, and with a detailed vignette of the town in one corner. It also shows the seventeenth century Cromwellian fort, known as Oliver's Fort, and has three sailing ships on the river, and a compass rose. There is one full copy of this map at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/76c, and a less complete one at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/76b, which does not include the compass rose and sailing ships.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
91 x 46.8cm (2' 11 13/16" x 1' 6 7/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Inverness
Subject Place: 
Oliver's Fort
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Maps, Military
Reference: 
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
Reference: 
Porter, Whitworth, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1889, v.1, pp.156-188 passim.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
123359134
Repro Notes: 
left half
Repro Title: 
A General survey of Inverness & the country adjacent to the foot of Loch-Ness [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043182c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002944
Repro Capture Date: 
14/05/2001 09:51:00