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Galloway. United Kingdom - Scotland - Dumfries and Galloway. General region.

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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.

Manuscript entitled "A Large Description of Galloway by the Parishes in it" compiled by Andrew Symson.

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Identifier: Acc.11892
Scope and Contents

May have been for the use of Sir Robert Sibbald in his "Statistical Atlas of Scotland".

Dates: 1684.