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Title Northern Part of Aberdeen & Banff Shires [Subtitle:] Plate 22 from John Thomson's 'Atlas of Scotland', 1832. North-east sheet
Creator Ross, A.J.
Pont, Timothy, 1560?-1614?
Publisher John Thomson & Co.
John Thomson & Co.
Subject Hand coloring
Nations
Atlases
Books
Engravings
Maps
Maps & Plans
Counties of Scotland
Coverage Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland (country) [Place depicted]
Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh (inhabited place) [TBC]
Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Aberdeenshire (unitary authority) [Place depicted]
Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Banff (general region) [TBC]
Description This forms the top right corner of a four-plate map of Aberdeen and Banffshire. It was first published in 1826 and is drawn at the scale of 1 inch to every 1.5 miles. Originally published individually, it later featured in John Thomson's 'Atlas of Scotland'. A tremendous amount of detail has been included on this map including place names, forestry, rivers, roads and mountains. The Moray Firth can be seen along the top of the image with the 'German Ocean' (now referred to as the North Sea), r...
Date 1832 [Date published]
Identifier http://www.nls.uk/maps/resolver.cfm?id=74400157
Geographic Terms Aberdeen
Banff [Banff]
Scotland
North - east [North East]
Moray [Moray]
Firth [Firth]
North
Date
Books
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Aberdeenshire [Aberdeenshire]