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Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Leith-1757

CBTM:
22417
Map Date:
[1757]
Repository reference:
BL 196.d.4
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Leith
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT272762
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Leith'.
Comments on map:
On p.431 of M. Bellin, Essai geographique sur les isles Britaniques..., Paris: Didot, 1757. Bellin was 'Ingenieur de la Marine et du Depot des Plans'. Slightly more detailed than his others.
Scale:
1:10,000*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
11.5 x 9.8 [map maximum: plate 12.8 x 10.2].
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
jetties: 'Jettee'.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Indicated by emphasised buildings with crosses.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Known copies of map:
BL 196.d.4, BOL Gough Gen Top 200 [1757: in in Essai Geographique]; BOL Gough Gen.Top.200 [in Essai Geographique], NLS [1757]; BL G.15856-7, BOL Gough Gen.Top.200 [1759: Recueil des villes portes]; BOL Gough maps 105 [1766: Recueil des villes portes].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Combined with border.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative: Elaborate in relation to map.
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