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Scotland: Mapping the Nation

Scotland: Mapping the Nation

by Margaret Wilkes (Author), Charles W . J . Withers (Author), Chris Fleet (Author)

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    Hardcover 2011

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Synopsis

Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV. Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 01 Sep 2011
ISBN 10: 1841589691
ISBN 13: 9781841589695

Media Reviews
'Some books are simply so magnificent in their scope and execution you know they are destined to become classics from the moment you open the cover and begin to turn the pages. Scotland: Mapping the Nation is one of those books,' Undiscovered Scotland
Author Bio
Christopher Fleet studied Geography at the University of Durham. Since 1994 he has worked at the Map Library at the National Library of Scotland, with particular responsibilities relating to digital mapping. Charles W. J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Historical Society, and the Royal Society of Arts. Margaret Wilkes has been head of the Map Division at the National Library of Scotland since 1988. In 2001 she was awarded The Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Bartholomew Globe for services to Scottish cartography.