Scotland drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations : [north sheet]

Description

Printed map. "By John Ainslie Land Surveyor. Printed & Sold by the Author Hanover Street Newtown Edinburgh and William Faden Geographer to the King Charing Cross London." Visual scale [16 cm = 25 miles]. Insets: "A map of the Orkeney Islands which cannot be inserted in their true situation for want of room. They are laid down upon the same scale as the map and lye in the same latitude & longitude as represented in the margin" and "Shetland Islands laid down upon at less scale than the map and inserted here for want to room in their true situation. They lye north north east from Caithness about 100 miles". Note “Publish’d according to Act of Parliament...” appears three times on McMaster’s copy (once in cartouche and twice in the lower margin of the south sheet) indicating that this was probably not the original configuration of sheets.
Two distance tables included: Small table of distances between Edinburgh and London; larger table of distances between places from Aberbrothwick to London. “Price one Guinea in Sheets or £1„ 11„ 6. Mounted upon Linen with Rollers”. Printed annotations provide information about the catch of cod and ling. Acquired as part of the Cholmondeley Collection.