Maps. Cartographic materials.
Found in 141 Collections and/or Records:
23 maps of estates in the area of Lockerbie, from the office of Messrs Cormack and Byers, Writers to the Signet.
Account, with plan, of the division of Langton Common and Langton Moor.
Alexander Nimmo`s copy of his account of the survey made by him in the summer of 1806 of the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Inverness-shire, which he undertook on Telford`s recommendation, whilst rector of Inverness Academy, for the parliamentary commission appointed to fix the county boundaries of Scotland.
Annotated photocopy, 1989, of xerox copy of map of Orkney in 1931, in two parts.
Annotations by Peter MacDonald indicate World War II military installations, together with explanatory correspondence, 1989.
Anonymous description of a proposed route from Port Patrick, Wigtonshire, to Edinburgh for Sir Edward Baker, formely Littlehales, 1st Baronet of Ashcombe, Surrey, with maps and mileage tables.
This is a carefully planned tour. The writer states his reasons for the selection of the route and for rejecting the alternatives, and comments on the history and contemporary situations of the major settlements en route.
Atlas of plans, 1813, of Ulva, Gometra and Little Colonsay.
Includes other plans, undated.
Atlas of Scotland.
A volume of county maps outlined in colour, with decorative cartouches in pen and wash. They are preceded by an index (folio i) and a map of the whole of Scotland showing the counties. The maps are based on ‘A general map of Scotland and Islands’ by James Dorret. They include a number of estates and the sites of several battles. The paper has the shield watermark with GR appendage used by James Whatman the younger from about 1762.
Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
Business papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
Campaign materials of Yes Scotland for the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Copies and photographic and other reproductions of early maps in British and foreign collections.
Copy of White Heather calendar, with historical notes and maps of Lachlan Dinwoodie.
Copy of William Allan, "History of the Campaign of Gen T J (Stonewall) Jackson", inscribed and marked by Douglas Haig.
Containing maps and sketches, undated.
Copy, possibly the holograph, of the report by Thomas Tucker on the customs and excise of Scotland.
Correspondence and financial and administrative papers of the Sligo and Smith-Sligo family of Inzievar.
Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert Grieve.
Concern Grieve`s work on the Clyde Valley Regional Plan and other working during his period as a senior and Chief Planner, Scottish Office.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.