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Maps. Cartographic materials.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

A map of Strath Devon and the district between the Ochils and the Forth, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(5)
Scope and Contents

Scale statement reads "milliaria comunia" 4 = 212 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; trees; lochs, rivers and tributaries; ships; bridges. Mounted on paper. Unfinished title banner.

Dates: Circa 1682.

A Mape of the countries about Stirling, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(3)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "scale of 4 common mylls" 4 = 152 mm. ; "scale of 6000 passus" 6 = 152 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; lochs, rivers and tributaries; trees. Mounted on cotton. Has gridlines.

Dates: Circa 1682.

A mape of the wast of Scotland containing Clydsdail, Nithsdail, Ranfrew, Shyre of Ayre, [and] Galloway, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(11)
Scope and Contents

Scale statement reads "A scale of 24 common myls each 1500 paces" 24 = 150 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; settlements; lochs rivers and tributaries; bridges. Mounted on paper. "9" handwritten on top right corner. Has gridlines. Has watermarks.

Dates: Circa 1682.

A Mapp of Clakmanan Shire, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(6)
Scope and Contents

Scale statement reads "milliaria comunia" 4 = 212 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include estates and settlements; trees; lochs, rivers and tributaries; ships; bridges. Cropped at edges and mounted on paper. This is a "proof" of the same map printed from an engraved plate.

Dates: Circa 1682.

East Lothian, by John Adair., 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(10)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "6 milliaria comunia" 6 = 181 mm. ; "9 mille passus ... milliaria Ital" 9 = 181 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Bathymetry shown by soundings. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; trees; rivers and tributaries; ships; bridges. Mounted on paper. Has gridlines. Has an additional set of gridlines in red ink ruled obliquely on the sheet, giving correct orientation.

Dates: 1682.

Map of Midlothian, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(9)
Scope and Contents

Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass arrow; estates and settlements; trees; lochs, rivers and tributaries; ships; bridges. Mounted on paper. Dedication by John Adair to Robert, Earl of Lothian. Has 16 coat of arms drawings.

Dates: Circa 1682.

Mappe of Orkney, with the harbours and islands, by John Adair., 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(1)
Scope and Contents

Scale statement reads "scale of 10 myls" 10 = 100 mm. Features include compass rose; anchorages; ships. Mounted on cotton. Has watermarks.

Dates: 1682.

Mappe of Wast Lothian comonly called Linlithgowshire, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(8)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "3 milliaria Ital." 9 = 220 mm.; "6 milliaria com." 6 = 220 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; trees; lochs, rivers and tributaries; bridges. Mounted on cotton. Has gridlines, some subdivided in red.

Dates: Circa 1682.

Maps of regions of Scotland by John Adair; the 'Adair maps'.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11 [Map Library]

The East Part of Fife, by John Adair., 1684.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(7)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "four [common miles]" 4 = 151 mm. ; "six thousand passus" 6 = 151 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; trees; ships; lochs, rivers and tributaries; anchorages; rocky areas. Mounted on cotton. Has gridlines.

Dates: 1684.

The hydrographicall mappe of Forth from the entry to ye Quensferry, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(4)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "... millearia Italia" 12 = 158 mm. ; "octo millearia communia" 8 = 158 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Bathymetry shown by soundings. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; ships. Mounted on cotton. Has gridlines.

Dates: Circa 1682.

The Mappe of Straithern, Stormont, [and] Cars of Gaurie, with the rivers Tay [and] Ern, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(2)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "milliaria communia" 8 = 151 mm. ; "12 milliaria ... 12000 passus " 12 = 152 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose ; trees ; estates and settlements ; lochs, rivers and tributaries ; ship. Mounted on cotton, Has watermarks.

Dates: Circa 1682.

The Sherifdome of Etrik Forest, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(12)
Scope and Contents

Scale statement reads "8 common myls" 8 = 183 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include trees; settlements; lochs rivers and tributaries; bridges. Mounted on paper. Has gridlines.

Dates: Circa 1682.