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SCOT101 - T. KITCHIN "A New Map of Berwick Shire from the best Authorities" London. 1772. Colored. 6¾X9. Attractive early map shows Berwick at the mouth of the River Tweed with Magdalin House nearby, on the coast. Map shows many market towns & villages and the region of Lauderdale. Locates parks, manors & castles and post-roads connecting towns. Includes a compass rose and an ornamental title cartouche engraved as a monument in a decorative scene with trees and a shoreline with a boat & hills in the distance. A rare and scarce map. 

SCOT108 - J. VIRTUE "The Lothians or Counties of Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Haddington" London. 1860. Lith color. 9XI2. Map shows the Forth River, the Firth of Forth, Edinburgh, Leith, Queensferry, Linlithgow, Bathgate, Dalkeith, Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Prestopans, Portobello and many smaller towns & villages, roads, rivers, hills and railroads.

SCOT109 - J. VIRTUE "The Counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown and parts of Lanark and Ayr." London. 1860. 10X12 Litho color. Map shows Lanark, Old Cummock, Galston, Mauchine, Dumfries, Holywood, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown, Stranraer, Port Patrick, Mull of Galloway, Annan, Ballantrae and many smaller towns, villages & harbors. Locates rivers, roads, hills, lochs, the Firth of Clyde & Solway Firth, Luce Bay and Wigtown Bay. 

SCOT113 - H. MOLL "North Britain; or Scotland" London 1723. 9X7. with text. Colored. Attractive early map shows all major harbors, market towns & villages. Firths, lakes, rivers, mountains and the offshore Hebrides and Orkney Islands. Includes a very decorative title cartouche with scroll and leaf motifs. On the back of the map (verso) is a text with description of the Isle of Man. Sea areas are designated "The British Sea." 

SCOT120 - MOUNT & PAGE "A New Chart of the Coast of Scotland with the Islands thereof." London 1764. 18½X21. Colored. Handsome sea-chart shows Scotland from the Newcastle & Northumberland border on the east and the Firth of Clyde on the west coast. Locates all major harbors & Firths; capes and bays. Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness & the Murray Firth. Tayn, Dornoch, Caithness, Strathnavern, Southerland, Assynt, Ross, Lochaber, Argyle and islands off the western coast - Skie, Mull, Iura, Colonsay, Ila, Cantir, Arran & the Hebrides Isles. Chart shows castles along the coasts; many soundings along the eastern coast; the Orkney & Shetland Islands and includes an inset chart titled "A Plan of Holy Island and the Staples" on the Northumberland coast, showing Bambro Castle, the islands in detail and a large compass rose. Chart has a decorative title cartouche with leaf, flower, thistle and scroll motifs and a colorful compass rose in top center. 

SCOT121 - R. DE VAUGONDY "Royaume D'Ecosse divise en Provinces" Paris c-1748. Colored. 6½X8. Early map of Scotland shows counties & divisions, principal market towns; harbors, offshore islands and the Hebrides. Counties outlined in old color. Many old place names appear throughout, some with early spelling forms. Shows rivers, mountain ranges, capes, bays, firths & inlets.

SCOT125 - CAPT. GREENVILLE COLLINS “The Chiefe Harbours of the Islands of Orkney are most humbly Presented & Dedicated to Capt. Will Bond by Capt. Greenville Collins, Hydrographer to the King.” London 1698. Colored. 17¼X22. Very striking chart of the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland, shows the region from Pomona & Kirkwall to Rowsay. Includes Shapinsha (Shapinsay), Eglesha, Wyre, Garsay & Green Island. Two inset charts are depicted at base of chart, one showing Pomona Harbour & Dear Sound, Mulhead, Nestin & Linknesse. The other showing Hoy & Hoy Mouth with Stromnesse & Cairston. Also includes 5 landfall approach views of the approaches to Mulhead, Faire Isle, the Maiden Papp's & Dunkins Bay Head. This fine chart was drawn with west at the top in the 17th century manner and includes detailed depth soundings and anchorages throughout the region. The title in top right is held up on a banner by two large sea birds with wings outstretched and large splayed feet. From Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, first published in 1693 by Capt. Greenville Collins, the first hydrographer appointed by the Admiralty, to survey the coasts of England, Scotland, Wales and adjacent islands. A very fine early chart.

SCOT142 - J. COLTON “Scotland.” N.Y. 1855. Colored. 15½X12½. Very detailed map shows counties in different colors with all principal cities, towns & harbors, roads, railroads, rivers, firths & offshore islands. Includes 2 inset maps 1.) Orkney Islands & 2.) Shetland Islands. Depicts the Hebrides or Western Isles off Scotland's northwest coast. A very colorful map with a decorative border frame. Published by Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) who founded the mapmaking & publishing family firm in 1831 at 9 Wall Street, New York City.

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