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A selection of useful links:

For Scotland specifically:

• The National Library of Scotland Map Library
  A large collection of digital images presented by the Map Library:
  http://www.nls.uk/maps/
  The late sixteenth century manuscript maps of Timothy Pont:
  http://www.nls.uk/pont/
  Blaeu's Atlas of Scotland, 1654: The first Atlas of Scotland, containing 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text, translated from Latin into English for the first time:
  http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/

• Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN)
  Free access to thumbnail images of a variety of cultural artefacts, including maps:
  http://www.scran.ac.uk

• Edinburgh Data and Information Access
  The full text of the Old (1791-9) and New (1834-45) Statistical Accounts of Scotland:
  http://edina.ed.ac.uk/StatAcc/

• The Gazetteer for Scotland:
  An expanding geographical database:
  http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/

• The Drawn Evidence:
  Digital images of Scottish architectural plans, including a number of maps and estate plans, 1780-2000:
  http://www.drawn-evidence.dundee.ac.uk

• The David Rumsey collection
  Primarily maps of the Americas, but includes some of Scotland. This site also uses Luna Imaging's Insight technology to deliver very high-quality images:
  http://www.davidrumsey.com/

General cartographic history:

• Oddens' Bookmarks:
  THE list of map links (history links):
  http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html

• List of "Dutch" atlases up to 1880 and (partial) facsimiles thereof: primarily based on C. Koeman's 'Atlantes Neerlandici':
  http://www.kb.nl/kb/skd/atlantes/lijst/atlantes.html#index

• Map History / History of Cartography:
  THE Gateway to the Subject:
  http://www.maphistory.info

• Cartography Calendars:
  Calendars of Events and Exhibitions:
  http://www.docktor.com

• Making Sense of Maps:
  A useful introductory text by David Stephens:
  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/maps/

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Last Updated: 11-08-2003