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 539 Collections and/or Records:
[Map of roads from Montreal to Lake Ontario]. [n.d. Note refers to an action on 12 Nov. 1813] [Sheet 2]., Circa 1813.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(102)
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From the Sub-Series:
"Tracing from a survey by the Surveyor General". "This plan being more particularly intended to exhibit water communication the Caucassian [?] roads are not laid down."
Dates:
Circa 1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Collection of maps (several in duplicate), approximately two-fifths manuscript, the remainder printed.
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Collection of maps.
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Tracing, over two sheets, from a map of the roads from Montreal to Lake Ontario.
[Map of roads from Montreal to Lake Ontario]. [n.d. Note refers to an action on 12 Nov. 1813] [Sheet1]., Circa 1813.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(101)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
"Tracing from a survey by the Surveyor General". "This plan being more particularly intended to exhibit water communication the Caucassian [?] roads are not laid down."
Dates:
Circa 1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Collection of maps (several in duplicate), approximately two-fifths manuscript, the remainder printed.
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Collection of maps.
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Tracing, over two sheets, from a map of the roads from Montreal to Lake Ontario.
[Map of the action of 13 December 1813, near Petite Moguerre]., 1813.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(81)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the maps were acquired by General Sir George Murrary during his active service, others later for historical purposes. They are arranged as follows: Peninsula (numbers 1-88); France (numbers 89-95); uncertain locality (numbers 95-96); Canada (numbers 97-106); Flanders (numbers 107-133); various military actions, 1761-1846, and undated, especially those of 1813 (numbers 134-164). A list has been placed at the front of each volume; only the manuscript items have...
Dates:
1813.
[Map of the area about Denain, Bouchain-Prouvy, Abson-Noyelles]. [Signed] Alex Thomson, Capt. Royal Engineers. Oct. 13th, 1816., 1816.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(117)
Scope and Contents
Scale 4 inch to 1 mile
Dates:
Other: 1816.
[Map of the area about Denain]. October 22, 1816., 1816.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(119)
Scope and Contents
Scale 3 inch to 1 mile
Dates:
Other: 1816.
[Map of the area Celerico-Castel Rodrigo-Guidad Rodrigo, centred on Almeida, Zamora province, NW Spain, extending to the south west including Zezere River and Sabugal.], Undated.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(29)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the maps were acquired by General Sir George Murrary during his active service, others later for historical purposes. They are arranged as follows: Peninsula (numbers 1-88); France (numbers 89-95); uncertain locality (numbers 95-96); Canada (numbers 97-106); Flanders (numbers 107-133); various military actions, 1761-1846, and undated, especially those of 1813 (numbers 134-164). A list has been placed at the front of each volume; only the manuscript items have...
Dates:
Undated.
[Map of the area SE of Bouchain. Signed] S A Perry, Lt R Staff Corps, 3d September 1818., 1818.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(124)
[Map of the Battle of Pomball, March 11, 1811, Sheet 1]., 1811.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(57)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the maps were acquired by General Sir George Murrary during his active service, others later for historical purposes. They are arranged as follows: Peninsula (numbers 1-88); France (numbers 89-95); uncertain locality (numbers 95-96); Canada (numbers 97-106); Flanders (numbers 107-133); various military actions, 1761-1846, and undated, especially those of 1813 (numbers 134-164). A list has been placed at the front of each volume; only the manuscript items have...
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Collection of maps (several in duplicate), approximately two-fifths manuscript, the remainder printed.
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Collection of maps.
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[2 maps of the Battle of Pombal, March 11, 1811, with key.]
[Map of the battle of Salamanca 1812]. , Circa 1812.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(71)
Scope and Contents
MS on tracing paper
Dates:
Circa 1812.
Map of the coast of the Moray Firth, showing Dornoch, Cromarty, and Beauly Firths., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 17)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Map of the commutation roads comprehending the Buchan district of Deer in the County of Aberdeen surveyed by George Whyte., 1842.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/975
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1842.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Maps, plans and drawings.
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Maps.
Map of the Formartine and Buchan Railway., 1861.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/979
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Maps, plans and drawings.
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Maps.
Map of the Grand River and Port Louis, Mauritius., 1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.13438 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1807.
[Map of the junction of the R Escaut and Ecallion (scale 3 inches to 1 mile) and map of the area around Maing (scale 1.5 inches to 1 mile)]. 1817., 1817.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(122)
Map of the Mer de Glace by James Forbes., 1842.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/976
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1842.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Maps, plans and drawings.
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Maps.
Map of the mouth of the Grand River near Port Louis, Mauritius., 1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.13437 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1807.
Map of the Nile delta showing the areas of French military occupation in 1798., 1798.
Item
Identifier: MS.13442 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1798.
Map of the North East frontier of India, being sheet 2 of the 64 mile to an inch 'Survey of India and adjacent countries' (Calcutta, 1908), with manuscript additions., 1908.
Item
Identifier: MS.13452 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1908.
Map of the River Rovuma and Lake Nyasa., 1866-1867.
Item
Identifier: MS.10744
Dates:
1866-1867.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Maps chiefly drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
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Maps drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
[Map of the] swamp from Roult to the Scheldt. October 1816., 1816.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(121)
Map of the town of Sevastopol., 1854.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/978
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1854.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Maps, plans and drawings.
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Maps.
Map of the Trans-African journey of David Livingstone., 1853-1856.
Item
Identifier: MS.10737
Dates:
1853-1856.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Maps chiefly drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
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Maps drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
[Map of the Western Pyrenees, area between San Sebastian, Vera, St Estevan, Zurraure, Olague, Urrige, Betella, Tolosa]., n.d.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(74)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the maps were acquired by General Sir George Murrary during his active service, others later for historical purposes. They are arranged as follows: Peninsula (numbers 1-88); France (numbers 89-95); uncertain locality (numbers 95-96); Canada (numbers 97-106); Flanders (numbers 107-133); various military actions, 1761-1846, and undated, especially those of 1813 (numbers 134-164). A list has been placed at the front of each volume; only the manuscript items have...
Dates:
n.d.
'Map of Thibet by J.H. Speke', outlining in fact, on a scale of eight miles to the inch, the roughly triangular area of Ladakh bounded by the rivers Spiti, Indus, and Zaskar., 1850-1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.17923
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
1850-1855.
Map of Upper Teviotdale., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.13443 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
19th century.