AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP ALMOST 200 YEARS OLD

COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING with ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR

This map, by John Thomson was produced for:

THE ATLAS of SCOTLAND,
containing maps of each county, on a scale so large as to exhibit the features
of the country, and places of importance; the boundaries of the shires ...

THIS LISTING IS FOR THE SINGLE MAP SHOWN
 
Approximate size of this large sheet:
29 inches x 22 inches
(735mm x 560mm)

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JOHN THOMSON John published the first large-scale atlas of Scotland organised by county.

Not only did this provide an invaluable and accurate picture of Scotland prior to the Clearances
but it also marked out this Atlas as a highly significant milestone in the history of mapping.
Thomson's Atlas of Scotland was the first since Blaeu's famous publication to map the land from
accurate surveys and collected information. He announced that: 'the New County Atlas of Scotland
will either be derived from Actual Surveys; or where such cannot be obtained, from other authentic
materials, so corrected by the Attestators, and their Assistants, as to ensure greater accuracy
than is to be found in any book of the kind published in this or any other Country.'