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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:28:27 +0000
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From: Diana Webster <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: National Library of Scotland
Subject: New map websites - correction
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>> NEW MAP WEBSITES
>>
>> The National Library of Scotland has launched two new websites
>> displaying high-resolution map images.
>> You can get to them by visiting www.nls.uk/maps/ or via the NLS
>> digital library home page .
>> Our earlier website on Timothy Pont's 16th century manuscript
>> maps of Scotland is now available through this link or directly to
>> www.nls.uk/pont/ .
>>
>> 1. MAPS OF SCOTLAND 1560-1769
>> This site contains a selection of around 300 of the more
>> significant maps of Scotland and parts of Scotland which were
>> scanned from NLS collections for the RSLP 'Charting the Nation'
>> project. This includes the Scottish maps from Joan
>> Blaeu's 1654 Atlas Novus, and the manuscripts by Robert and James
>> Gordon, which complement the Pont manuscript maps
>> already on the web. John Adair's manuscripts dating from the 1680s
>> are also available, together with county maps, marine
>> charts and town plans.
>>
>> As well as being available through the Digital Library web pages,
>> these map images are also linked to catalogue records in the
>> Library's Main Catalogue http://main-cat.nls.uk/
>>
>> 2. MILITARY MAPS OF SCOTLAND (18th century)
>> The other site is on Military Maps of Scotland, displaying almost
>> 400 maps and plans, largely from the 18th
>> century. Most were produced by the Board of Ordnance, supplier of
>> all kinds of equipment (including maps) to government
>> troops. The Board of Ordnance collection includes manuscript
>> plans of fortifications, routes and towns, principally in the
>> Scottish Highlands, as well as some battle plans. The site also
>> displays manuscripts from the Wade Collection, around
>> twenty maps and plans relating to road and fortification
>> construction in the 1720s-40s.
>>
>> As with the Pont Maps Website, it is possible to zoom in and pan
>> across the maps to see the smallest details.
>>
>> FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
>> With funding from the New Opportunities Fund, we plan to scan over
>> 1,000 maps of Scotland from ca.1750-1900 in
>> February 2002 as part of the digitisation project Resources for
>> Learning in Scotland. These map images will in turn become
>> available on our website, complementing the above selections.
>>
>> Please send any comments or suggestions about the website to
>> [log in to unmask]
>
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Diana Webster
Head of Map Library
National Library of Scotland
Email [log in to unmask] 33 Salisbury Place
Tel 0131-226 4531 x 3411 Edinburgh EH9 1SL
Fax 0131-466 3812 Scotland, UK
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Roger W. Fern
27 Ladybank, Chapel Park,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1UJ.
(0191) 267-3074 [log in to unmask]
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