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John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832 (Hardcover)
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John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832 (Hardcover)
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In 1832 John Thomson published the first large-scale atlas of
Scotland organised by county. Not only did this provide an
invaluable and accurate picture of Scotland prior to the Clearances
but it also marked out this Atlas as a highly significant milestone
in the history of mapping. Thomson's Atlas of Scotland was the
first since Blaeu's famous publication to map the land from
accurate surveys and collected information. He announced that: 'the
New County Atlas of Scotland will either be derived from Actual
Surveys; or where such cannot be obtained, from other authentic
materials, so corrected by the Attestators, and their Assistants,
as to ensure greater accuracy than is to be found in any book of
the kind published in this or any other Country.' The Atlas
contains 58 large format, double-page maps of mainland Scotland,
the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland. Two stunningly beautiful
drawings illustrate the 'Comparative heights of the principal
mountains of Scotland' and 'Comparative lengths of the principal
rivers of Scotland'. An Introduction explains in detail how each of
the maps was prepared and a full index of places appears at the
back of the book. This high-quality limited edition is case-bound
in real cloth with a protective slip-case, with each copy
individually numbered, contains two introductory essays by
Professor Charles W. Withers of the University of Edinburgh and by
Chris Fleet and Paula Williams of the National Library of Scotland.
Only available directly from the publisher.
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