Scotland

This tiny map of Scotland was engraved by Pieter van den Keere for the Caert-thresoor published by Cornelis Claesz and Barent Langenes in 1598. Deg...

This map of Glasgow is one of the town plans published in Tallis’ hugely popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’ which was published serially from the mid 1840...

This map of Edinburgh is one of the town plans in Tallis’ hugely popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’ which was published serially from the mid 1840s onward...

This map of the northern part of Scotland is from the Hondius-Janssonius map publishing business, which traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator....

The East Coast of Scotland with the Isles of Orkney and Shetland This sea chart is from ‘Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot’, the first English Sea Atl...

This map of Northern Scotland is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catal...

Cartographically Speed follows Mercator, but his is one of the most distinctive and decorative early maps of Scotland. The portraits in the borders...