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Title

  • A travelling map of Scotland : including all the new and intended roads, bridges & canals, &c. : taken from the latest & best authorities

Names

  • Brown, Thomas, active 1785-1820, cartographer, publisher.
  • Lizars, Daniel, 1760-1812, engraver.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.

Created / Published

  • Edin'h [Edinburgh, Scotland] : Published by T. Brown, 1806.

Headings

  • -  Roads--Scotland--Maps
  • -  Bridges--Scotland--Maps
  • -  Highway planning--Scotland--Maps
  • -  Caledonian Canal (Scotland)--Maps
  • -  Scotland
  • -  Scotland--Caledonian Canal

Genre

  • Road maps

Notes

  • -  Road map of Scotland showing existing roads, roads under survey, and planned roads.
  • -  Also shows the Caledonian Canal, road bridges, the Highlands-Lowlands boundary, and the Highlands distillery boundary.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize shire boundaries and coastlines.
  • -  When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 20 panels to enable folding.
  • -  Handwritten signature of Millard Fillmore is not present.
  • -  LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC Map Division acquisition date rubber-stamped at top in map area (recto), water stains on cloth backing (not visible on recto).
  • -  Includes Shetland Islands inset and legend titled "References to the new improvements in the map of Scotland".
  • -  Inked handwritten inscriptions "A: G: 1811" written in 2 places on cloth backing (verso).
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map : color, mounted on cloth backing ; 74 x 58 cm, folded to 20 x 13 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5771.P2 1806 .B7

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588003

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Brown, Thomas, Active , Cartographer, Publisher, Daniel Lizars, and Millard Fillmore. A travelling map of Scotland: including all the new and intended roads, bridges & canals, &c.: taken from the latest & best authorities. [Edin'h Edinburgh, Scotland: Published by T. Brown, 1806] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588003/.

APA citation style:

Brown, T., Lizars, D. & Fillmore, M. (1806) A travelling map of Scotland: including all the new and intended roads, bridges & canals, &c.: taken from the latest & best authorities. [Edin'h Edinburgh, Scotland: Published by T. Brown] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588003/.

MLA citation style:

Brown, Thomas, Active , Cartographer, Publisher, Daniel Lizars, and Millard Fillmore. A travelling map of Scotland: including all the new and intended roads, bridges & canals, &c.: taken from the latest & best authorities. [Edin'h Edinburgh, Scotland: Published by T. Brown, 1806] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588003/>.