With apologies for repeating things for some, "CAIRT" Issue 11, and "NLS Discover" NLS Issue 5 have just been mailed to subscribers, including articles about:
* William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1747-55) - a new website ( http://www.nls.uk/maps/roy/index.html ) and a forthcoming facsimile volume, in collaboration with the British Library.
* New funding for conservation and listing work on the Bartholomew Archive at NLS.
* The background to a recently-acquired military plan of Fort George at Ardersier, by William Skinner.
* A review of the latest workshop on Scottish estate mapping.
* The new Ordnance Survey MasterMap Viewer application - in collaboration with the UK Legal Deposit Libraries - http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/os-mastermap.html
* New exhibitions, including "Tea and Tigers" on the Scots in India - featuring 20 original and facsimile maps - at NLS until 5 September - http://www.nls.uk/events/tea-and-tigers/index.html. Two other exhibitions in Edinburgh over the summer, "Mapping Mountains" and "Fonn's Duthchas: Land and Legacy" also feature many maps.
Subscriptions to both CAIRT and Discover NLS are free, and electronic versions can be consulted at:
CAIRT - http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/cairt.html
Discover NLS - http://www.nls.uk/about/discover-nls/index.html
Chris Fleet
Deputy Map Curator
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
EDINBURGH
EH9 1SL
United Kingdom.
Tel. 0131 623 3973
Fax. 0131 623 3971
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
View maps website: http://www.nls.uk/maps
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