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Map of the 'Kingdome of Scotland'

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Postcard of Map of the 'Kingdome of Scotland'.
000-100-044-263-C
© National Museums Scotland

Map of the 'Kingdome of Scotland'

This map of the 'Kingdome of Scotland' was included in the first atlas of the British Isles, 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' by John Speed. The atlas was first printed in London in 1610. This map is from the 1652 edition.

The map is based on Gerard Mercator's map of 1595. Speed has used supplementary information to fill gaps in the map, a typical device of late medieval map-makers.


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Online ID: 000-100-044-263-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1906.142
Date: 1610
1652
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Dimensions: 426 mm H x 553 mm W
What: Map
Subject: 5. CARTOGRAPHY, Maps, Scotland (Departmental Classification)
Who: John Speed (Cartographer)
Where: SCOTLAND
Event:
Description: Map, evidently taken out of a book, by John Speed, 1610, of the Kingdome of Scotland, to a scale of 0.055 of an inch to 1 Scottish mile
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