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Hmmm, am I doing something wrong? When I click on Browse this Atlas I get a
generic digital collection page, and no atlas?

Alice

Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
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[With apologies for cross-posting]

On the 350th anniversary of the publication of Scotland's first atlas, Joan
Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus', Volume V (1654), the National Library of Scotland is
pleased to unveil its new website, an electronic facsimile of the Atlas.
Although the Atlas of Scotland was published by Blaeu in Latin, Dutch,
French, German and Spanish language editions, this presents the first
translation into English of its entire textual contents. The texts contain
detailed historical and topographical descriptions of Scotland and its
regions, freshly translated by Ian Cunningham, and complemented by 49
engraved maps.

- the entire content can be browsed and searched by a wide range of methods
- high resolution, zoomable images can be viewed of every opening
- detailed supporting information and biographies assist the interpretation
of the content
- the website complements earlier source mapping for the Atlas by Timothy
Pont and Robert Gordon, already on the website

The Blaeu Atlas of Scotland homepage can be found at:
http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/index.html

The new website has been incorporated into our existing maps websites,
including 3,700 high-resolution, zoomable images of maps of Scotland. Map
website images: www.nls.uk/maps

Christopher Fleet
Map Library
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
EDINBURGH, EH9 1SL.
Scotland.

Tel. 0131 466 3813
Fax. 0131 466 3812
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Map website images: www.nls.uk/maps