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Source Description
Shows the course of the River Forth with the adjacent area, i.e. Clackmannanshire and part of Stirlingshire and Perthshire.
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Document identity
localId
cj82kz387
label
The turnings of the River Forth with ye adjacent County of Clackmanan & part of Stirling shire
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82kz387
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The turnings of the River Forth with ye adjacent County of Clackmanan & part of Stirling shire
description
Shows the course of the River Forth with the adjacent area, i.e. Clackmannanshire and part of Stirlingshire and Perthshire.
date
["1688"]
year
1688
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010011
creators
Adair, John, 1660-1718
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Clackmannanshire (Scotland)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Scotland--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Clackmannanshire (county)
Europe
Scotland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Scotland
county
Clackmannanshire
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Scotland?
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
56.0833
schema:longitude
-3.9167
extent
1 map ; 36 x 51 cm.
notes
Shows the course of the River Forth with the adjacent area, i.e. Clackmannanshire and part of Stirlingshire and Perthshire.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows gridlines, settlements, selected buildings, enclosures, roads, rivers and tributaries, woods, vegetation.
Scale statement reads, "4000 Passus", with scale bar graded 0-4.
Includes legend (top right corner).
At bottom of map "Each Squair is a Countrey Mille or 1500 Passus."
On bottom left hand corner: oval cartouche decorated with coat of arms, flags and a festoon of foliage and fruits, containing a dedication in Latin to D. Iacobo from Ioannes Adair, author.
Beside the title cartouche "H. Moll, Sculp."
Originally included in the "Atlas" of Joannis de Ram. First published in 1688.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps."
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no
dcId
cj82kz387
type
map
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1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
2cb471980ebbe66e