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circa 1820s Coloured Map Engraving - CLOSE UP TO SHOW LOVELY DETAIL BY DR. SAMUEL BUTLER, D.D. - Engraved by Sidney Hall Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL Historical MAP - BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HISTORY WITH ORIGINAL OUTLINE COLORING OF BORDERS DR. SAMUEL BUTLER, D.D. (1774-1839) His 'Ancient Geography' was first published in circa.1822, and 'Modern Geography' was published in circa.1825. There were numerous editions published up to the 1820s, being continued by his son. Approximate Map Image Size: 7 X 9 1/2 inches Approximate Overall Size: 8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches (21.5 x 26.5 cm) Map has a Centerfold Map shows inset of Shetland Isles. Also showing Orkney Isles, Hebudes (Hebrides) or Western Isles; North Uist, Harris Lewis. General Information regarding SCOTLAND: A political division of Great Britain comprising the northern portion of the island of Great Britain and many surrounding islands. Scotland is separated from England by the Tweed River, the Cheviot Hills, the Liddell River, and Solway Firth. It is bounded on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the North Sea. The capital is Edinburgh and the largest city is Glasgow . Scotland, England, and Wales have been united since 1707 under the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. They share a national parliament but Scotland has its own system of laws (based on Roman law rather than the common law of England), banking (including its own banknotes), and education. In 1999 the Scottish Parliament, which had been dissolved with the Act of Union, was reestablished; it is responsible for Scottish domestic affairs, including taxes. Scotland may be divided into three main geographical regions, which are divided politically (since 1996) into 32 local council areas. The southern uplands, a region of high, rolling moorland cut by numerous valleys, comprises the areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders. The central lowlands, Scotland's most populous district and the locus of its commercial and industrial cities, includes the areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, West and East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North and South Lanarkshire, Falkirk, West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian, Argyll and Bute, Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Perth and Kinross, Fife, Dundee, Angus, and Aberdeen. Separated from the lowlands by the Grampian Mts. are the Highlands of the north, a rough, mountainous area divided by the Great Glen and containing Ben Nevis the highest peak in Great Britain. The Highland areas are Highland, Moray, and inland Aberbeenshire. The Orkney and Shetland islands lie off the northern coast of the mainland and the Hebrides off the western; most are north of the central lowlands. The Orkney and Shetland islands each comprise a council area; the Outer Hebrides comprise the area of the Western Isles, and the Inner Hebrides are divided between Highland and Argyll and Bute. Because of Scotland's highly irregular outline (its breadth ranges from 154 miles to only 26 miles and the deeply indented arms of the sea usually called lochs when narrow and firths when broad it has about 2,300 miles of coastline. Scotland's principal rivers are the Clyde, the Forth, the Dee, the Tay, and the Tweed. The largest freshwater loch is Loch Lomond. A great item for the genealogy buff! Old maps can be a great help in tracing your family lineage. Not only for tracing family heritage info, you can also use these maps for special school reports, term papers etc. CONDITION: Suitable browning - age toning. Some soiling and brown spots throughout. Both ends of the map on the fold has small tears on the fold, therefore affecting the map, otherwise is still in Very Good Condition. Map Image is clear, crisp and sharp with beautiful detail. Map has a centerfold. Blank on Reverse side. This beautiful old Historical map would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11646
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