We have just sent out our latest issue of Cairt, the newsletter of the
Scottish Maps Forum.
The main highlights in this issue include:
* Details of our forthcoming seminar : "Mapping and Printing the World:
Scottish Milestones in 19th Century Publishing" on 12 May 2012, at the
AK Bell Library, Perth.
Further details and a booking form are in our accompanying leaflet:
http://www.nls.uk/media/991014/2012-seminar-leaflet.pdf (PDF: 2.2 Mb)
available also through:
http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subject-info/forum
* New website additions:
Ordnance Survey Scotland, six-inch to the mile, 1892-1960 -
7,486 map sheets - http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-2nd-and-later/index.html
Ordnance Survey Great Britain, ten-mile Planning Maps, 1944-1960
- 22 map sheets - http://geo.nls.uk/search/ten_mile/
Ordnance Survey, Scotland, One-Inch to the Mile, 2nd edition,
1885-1900 - http://geo.nls.uk/partners/wilbourn/
Ordnance Survey, Scotland, One-Inch to the Mile, Popular edition
(with National Grid), 1945-48 - http://geo.nls.uk/partners/wilbourn/
New Georeferenced Search Applications - http://geo.nls.uk/search
and http://geo.nls.uk/search/mosaic
* Pont's "Evil" Map of the River Nairn, by Bob Henery
* Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Progress in Perth, by Margaret
Wilkes
* New Open Studies Course "Maps and Mappery in Scottish History, 1100 -
1850"
* New Publications on Scottish Maps
Cairt can be read at: http://www.nls.uk/media/991011/cairt20.pdf (PDF:
2 Mb), available also through:
http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subject-info/cairt
Chris Fleet
Senior Map Curator
National Library of Scotland
159 Causewayside
EDINBURGH
EH9 1PH
United Kingdom.
Tel. 0131 623 3973
Fax. 0131 623 3971
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View maps website: http://maps.nls.uk
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