Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Great Britain
Work Record ID
0042736
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Great Britain
Work Record ID
0042736
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0043489
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0043489
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0043488
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0043488
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043487
Subject Place
[Dumbarton Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043483
Subject Place
[Aberdeen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0043480
Subject Place
[Aberdeen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043490
Subject Place
[Aberdeen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043481
Subject Place
[Aberdeen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043482
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet accompanies four mansucript pages of Henry Rudyerd's estimates of the cost of various sizes of cistern, dated January 1794, at shelfmarks MS.1649.Z.03/54b and MS.1649.Z.03/54c, and a plan for the situation of a cistern at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/54a.
Work Record ID
0043485
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043484
Subject Place
[Aberdeen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043492
Subject Place
[Aberdeen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043491
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042181
Subject Place
[Castle Tioram, Duart Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' lists two originals by Paul Sandby under this code. This one has been signed by Paul Sandby, but it is likely that the copy at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/28d is a contemporary copy done by Sandby, and is the second 'original'. There is also a report on the state of the castles, by David Watson, at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/28f, which accompanies one or both of these sheets.
Work Record ID
0043286
Subject Place
[Castle Stalker, Castle Tioram, Duart Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' lists two originals by Paul Sandby under this code. There is a copy of this at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/28e, which has been signed by Paul Sandby, which is one of the two, and it is likely that this is a contemporary copy done by Sandby, and is the second 'original'. There is also a report on the state of the castles, by David Watson, at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/28f, which accompanies one or both of these sheets.
Work Record ID
0043284
Subject Place
[Burntisland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Kinghorn, Leith, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042762
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
Description
Published when Scotland was receiving attention as a result of the Jacobite uprising of 1715, this map of Scotland by Henry Overton was based on an earlier by Nicholas Sanson. However it was directly copied from a map by Jaillot who had used Sanson's map as the basis for his own but added the inset picture of Edinburgh Castle. The map was originally included in both Herman Moll's 'Atlas Royal' and 'A collection of maps' by Henry Overton, and was re-published in 1745 under the new title 'A map of Scotland' with added roads and an additional engraving of Stirling Castle. This variant probably dates from between 1715 and 1745. In an elaborate cartouche with the royal coat of arms is a dedication to King George I.
Work Record ID
0042791
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
Description
Published when Scotland was receiving attention as a result of the Jacobite uprising of 1715, this map of Scotland by Henry Overton was based on an earlier by Nicholas Sanson. However it was directly copied from a map by Jaillot who had used Sanson's map as the basis for his own but added the inset picture of Edinburgh Castle. The map was originally included in both Herman Moll's 'Atlas Royal' and 'A collection of maps' by Henry Overton, and was re-published in 1745 under the new title 'A map of Scotland' with added roads and an additional engraving of Stirling Castle. This variant probably dates from between 1715 and 1745. In an elaborate cartouche with the royal coat of arms is a dedication to King George I.
Work Record ID
0042791
Subject Place
[Scotland, Shetland]
Work Record ID
0042704
Subject Place
[Scotland, Scotland - south]
Description
This map of Scotland south of the Tay is one of several maps of Scotland produced in Paris in 1665 by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, based on Blaeu's Atlas Major of 1662. Blaeu's maps of Scotland were based on surveys by Timothy Pont and Robert Gordon of Straloch. Roads are not marked, reflecting the fact that in the 17th century many routes were still rough tracks few of which were suitable for wheeled vehicles except in good weather. Most journeys would have been on horseback or on foot. Major bridges are shown. An unbroken line between Newcastle and Carlisle probably represents Hadrian's wall, built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD. Its inclusion is a reminder that engravers copying maps often redrew features they did not understand and repeated earlier errors.
Work Record ID
0042625
Subject Place
[Scotland, Scotland - north]
Description
This map of Scotland north of the Tay is one of several produced in Paris in 1665 by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville. It is based on Blaeu's Atlas Major of 1662, an enlarged edition of his atlas of 1654. The title cartouche does not mention Blaeu's atlas but acknowledges the work of Timothy Pont and Robert Gordon of Straloch. Blaeu's maps of Scotland were based on Pont's unpublished surveys which had been compiled and revised by Gordon. Settlements, castles and administrative boundaries are shown. The symbols appear standardised and are therefore of no value in assessing structural development. Major burghs, for example, are all shown as identical walled towns with several towers and spires.
Work Record ID
0042624
Subject Place
Scotland
Description
This is one of several maps of Scotland produced by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville in Paris in 1665 in an atlas entitled 'Cartes Generales de toutes les partie du monde'. There was considerable contact between Scotland and France during this period. Sanson was geographer by appointment to the French king Louis XIV (1638-1715). Charles II, King of England and Scotland, a cousin of Louis XIV, spent much of his exile in France until his restoration in 1660 after the English Civil War. The scale illustrates the variety of systems of measurement used in 17th century Europe, showing Roman miles (1000 paces), English and Scottish miles, and French and German leagues. Standardization began in 1795 when France officially adopted the metric system.
Work Record ID
0042623
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Europe
Work Record ID
0042674
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Europe
Work Record ID
0042674
Subject Place
Scotland
Description
Le Royaume d'Escosse', a French map of Scotland dating from 1693. The map is credited to Nicolas Sanson (1600-67), the leading French geographer and cartographer, and tutor to Louis XIV. The map was actually redrawn and embellished by Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712) who managed the Sanson business in Paris. Despite the Sanson imprint, the content of the map is influenced by the Pont-Blaeu maps, notably in respect of lochs, forests, rivers and the inclusion of the Bass Rock. There are numerous place names and semi-scaled symbols for settlements, while the alignment of some places (e.g., Skye and Arran) is unusual. The map is on two sheets with different projections: conical for the southern sheet, and cylindrical for the northern.
Work Record ID
0042158
Subject Place
Scotland
Description
Le Royaume d'Escosse', a French map of Scotland dating from 1693. The map is credited to Nicolas Sanson (1600-67), the leading French geographer and cartographer, and tutor to Louis XIV. The map was actually redrawn and embellished by Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712) who managed the Sanson business in Paris. Despite the Sanson imprint, the content of the map is influenced by the Pont-Blaeu maps, notably in respect of lochs, forests, rivers and the inclusion of the Bass Rock. There are numerous place names and semi-scaled symbols for settlements, while the alignment of some places (e.g., Skye and Arran) is unusual. The map is on two sheets with different projections: conical for the southern sheet, and cylindrical for the northern.
Work Record ID
0042158
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0043360
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0043360
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0043360
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042642
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Great Britain
Work Record ID
0042833
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Great Britain
Work Record ID
0042833
Subject Place
[Orkney, Scotland, Shetland]
Work Record ID
0042627
Subject Place
[Orkney, Scotland, Shetland]
Description
This is one of a series of maps of Scotland printed in Paris in 1665 and produced by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, geographer to King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715). It is based on a map in Blaeu's Atlas Major of 1662. The title cartouche is highly decorative in a typically French baroque style. On either side two cherubs are shown fishing with rods. Below them, two mermen pull up weighted nets full of fish, the nets forming the outline of the cartouche itself. Decorative elements on the printed maps are a reminder that many of the more ornamental maps were produced as collectors' items for wealthy educated people rather than as functional maps for travellers.
Work Record ID
0042211
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0043545
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042743
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0044069
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042616
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Orkney, Scotland, Scotland - north]
Work Record ID
0042776
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Orkney, Scotland, Scotland - north]
Work Record ID
0042777
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0044043
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0043382
Subject Place
[Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043891
Subject Place
[Ettrick Forest, Ettrick Water, Scotland, Selkirkshire, Yarrow Water]
Description
This map, drawn in brown ink, shows the various holdings of Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch in the Ettrick Forest area, with the boundaries of each holding coloured, and each one numbered. In a cartouche in the shape of a tall pedestal, in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet, each one is given a name and its acreage At the bottom of pedestal are the words 'The Whole content in Acres 30704'. It also shows the Yarrow Water and Ettrick Water, and surrounding farms.
Work Record ID
0043888
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