Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1706 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22113

Map Date:

? 1706

Repository reference:

BOL G.A. Oxon. 4o. 10.

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:

'E denburgo, o' Edenburgum, metropoli della Scozia' [sic].

Comments on map:

At [fo. 126] in volume of Coronelli work, with various engraved titles: at start is Oxoniae, atque Cantabrigiae universitates celeberrimae a' Patre Cosmographo Cornonelli... [n.d.], followed by Oxfort da' Latini chimato Oxonium, universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, c descritta dal P. General Coronelli; [fo. 51] Cambridge, da' Latini detta Cantabrigia universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, e descritta ne' suoi viaggi cola dal P. Coronelli; [fo 80] INGHIL TERRA. Similar in broad effect to Exeter 22111, with no text, though rather different in detail appearence.

Scale:

1:20,000*

Map-maker:

[Vincenzo Maria Coronelli [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.5 x 12.8 [overall: map 15.0 x 9.5].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon 4o 10.

Gardens:

shown

Relief:

'molehills'

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