Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1595 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21320

Map Date:

[1595]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps c.24.a.5

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT257736

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Edenburg.', 'Edenburgum Scotiae Metropolis.'

Comments on map:

In Francesco Valegio (Francisco Valezo), in Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo, Venice, 1595, fol.89. Not a refined map.

Scale:

1:17,500*

Map-maker:

Fro. Valego [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.5 x 8.8

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.24.a.5 [1595: in Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo, Venice, 1595]; BLML Maps c.25.a.10 [1600?: in Teatro delle piu illustri...].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Apparently decorated with a couple of satyr-like figures, but so roughly engraved it is hard to be precise.

Relief:

(pictorial)

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Woman and man, bottom right.

Ordnance Survey's

1851-3

1:1056

1:10,560

1876-7

1:1056

1:10,560

1893-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560