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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://maps.nls.uk/atlas/blaeu/index.html

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

• Statistical Accounts of Scotland
  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 David Rumsey collection
  Includes many maps of Scotland. This site also uses Luna Imaging's Insight technology to deliver very high-quality images:
  http://www.davidrumsey.com/

General cartographic history:

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

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

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