Inverness-shire-Inverness-1760
CBTM:
22453
Map Date:
[1760]
Repository reference:
BL 566.b.27
Historic county:
Inverness-shire
Town name:
Inverness
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NH667454
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NH 6646
Map title:
'Plan der Stadt Inverness.'
Comments on map:
F.t.p. in Schottlandische briefe, oder medrtwurdeige nachrichten von Schottland..., [no author or publisher details], 1760. This is a straight copy in linework and ornament of the 1754 map [Exeter 22452], but with all text translated into German. Unlike the illustrations further on in the book, which are reversed copies of those in the English original, the map is right-way-round; the main difference is the additions at the top.
Scale:
1:2544
Map-maker:
Ant. Aug. Beck, Brunsvigae [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
10.3 x 11.3 [map: 10.3 x 15.8 overall].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: No churches shown.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Aberdeen University Library, BL 566.b.27, NLS Ry.IV.f.39 [1760: in [E. Burt], Schottlandische Briefe..., pb at Hanover].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Title on scroll.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
On either side of title: what are presumably highlanders, in costume, with specimen trees in background.
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
Ordnance Survey's
1867
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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