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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 (Opens in a new tab)
  • The late sixteenth century manuscript maps of Timothy Pont (Opens in a new tab)
  • 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 (Opens in a new tab)
• Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN)
  • Free access to thumbnail images of a variety of cultural artefacts, including maps (Opens in a new tab)
• Statistical Accounts of Scotland
  • The full text of the Old (1791-9) and New (1834-45) Statistical Accounts of Scotland (Opens in a new tab)
• The Gazetteer for Scotland
  • An expanding geographical database (Opens in a new tab)
• The David Rumsey collection
  • Includes many maps of Scotland. This site also uses Luna Imaging's Insight technology to deliver very high-quality images (Opens in a new tab)

General cartographic history

• Map History / History of Cartography
  • THE Gateway to the Subject (Opens in a new tab)
• Making Sense of Maps
  • A useful introductory text by David Stephens (Opens in a new tab)

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Last Updated: 09-09-2014