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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 680 Collections and/or Records:

Mappe of Orkney, with the harbours and islands, by John Adair., 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(1)
Scope and Contents

Scale statement reads "scale of 10 myls" 10 = 100 mm. Features include compass rose; anchorages; ships. Mounted on cotton. Has watermarks.

Dates: 1682.

Mappe of Wast Lothian comonly called Linlithgowshire, by John Adair., Circa 1682.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(8)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "3 milliaria Ital." 9 = 220 mm.; "6 milliaria com." 6 = 220 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; trees; lochs, rivers and tributaries; bridges. Mounted on cotton. Has gridlines, some subdivided in red.

Dates: Circa 1682.

Maps and plans collected by Andrew Hunter., [Circa 1860]-1865, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19732
Scope and Contents Contains the following maps and plans. (number 1) Map, undated, circa 1860, of Ceylon showing the principal roads and the proposed railway line from Colombo to Kandy; (number 2) Map, undated, circa 1860, of the Central Province of Ceylon showing the coffee estates; (number 3) Map of the Central Province of Ceylon showing the coffee estates, 1865; (number 4) Map, undated, circa 1860, showing the coffee estates in parts of Upper and Lower Dimboola; (number 5) Map showing the coffee estates in...
Dates: [Circa 1860]-1865, undated.

Maps and plans from the papers of the family Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.27638-27847
Dates: Majority of material found within 1770-1915, 1958, undated.

Maps, and related papers, collected to support research for online geographic data resources owned or supported by EDINA.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12830
Scope and Contents

This includes Digimap, UKBORDERS, Agcensus and Scottish land use information.

Dates: circa 2007.

Maps of India and of Bengal of and for Arthur Geddes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10084
Scope and Contents

With notes and papers of Geddes.

Dates: circa 1936-1966 and undated.