Scotland : drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations

Description

Title: Scotland : drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations
Alternative Title: Scotland drawn and engraved from a series of angles and astronomical observations
Creator: Ainslie, John (Surveyor)
Contributor: Brown, Thomas, active 1785-1820, printer.
Faden, William, 1749-1836, bookseller.
Published / Created: [1800]
Publication Place: Edinburgh, And William Faden, geographer to the king, Charing Cross, London, Scotland Edinburgh, and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold by the proprietor Thomas Brown, North Bridge Street, Edinburgh and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament with improvements till 1800 by Thomas Brown ... Edinburgh and William Faden ... London
Description: Title from cartouche.
Engraved throughout.
Relief shown by contour lines and pictures.
Scale of miles 69 1/2 to a degree.
Another imprint: "Published according to Act of Parliament Jan. 1st. 1789 by John Ainslie ... and William Faden ..." at bottom of sheet.
Inset maps: "Shetland Islands laid down upon a less scale than the map ... "; "A Map of the Orkney Islands ..."
Distance tables and lists of heights of hills and roads from Edinburgh to London.
Edinburgh meridian, with note of degrees from Greenwich.
Title cartouche shows men fishing and herding cattle, with sheep goats and foliage.
Six compass roses.
This issue not in Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland.
Scotland.
Provenance: Transferred from the Boswell Office, SML; December 2022.
Extent: 1 map : 180 x 165 cm, folded to 30 x 18 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Edition: Improved.
Language: English