Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Leith-1693
CBTM:
21774
Map Date:
? 1693
Repository reference:
NLS [county folder]
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Leith
Map type:
Hydrographic
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT272762
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
[Strictly none: 'this mapp' in dedication.]
Comments on map:
For Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. No text on land, apart from the town's name. Oriented south, presumably for the convenience of mariners approaching.
Scale:
1:9000*
Map-maker:
Capt. Greenvile Collins, Hydrographer to the King [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
58.0 x 45.0
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Churches and one other building shown pictorially.
Water transport infrastructure:
navigation aids, piers
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
misc: Might be the Tolbooth: cf Thomson, 1822.
Defence and military:
town walls: [Bastions, in plan].
Known copies of map:
NLS EMS.b.324/9 [original]; NLS [county folder].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Surrounded by flags, figure with laurel wreath blowing trumpet and holding thistle, and national flags.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top of map: Prospect of Leith from the East.
Symbolic elements:
Flags, figure with laurel wreath blowing trumpet and holding thistle, national flags: around dedication.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Two ships and anchor at Roade.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Edinburgh: held by putti].
Dedicee of map:
Sir James Fleming, Lord Provost, and council of Edinburgh.
Stated measuerments:
soundings
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