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Scotland: Mapping the Nation Chris Fleet

Scotland: Mapping the Nation By Chris Fleet

Scotland: Mapping the Nation by Chris Fleet


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Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year award 2012 A history of Scotland told from the innovative perspective of maps and map-making, beautifully illustrated throughout with full-colour plates.

Scotland: Mapping the Nation Summary

Scotland: Mapping the Nation by Chris Fleet

Winner of the Saltire Society Research Book of the Year

Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV.

Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.

Scotland: Mapping the Nation Reviews

'mixes lavish illustration with academic rigour and engaging anecdotes'

* Sunday Herald *

'much more than a visual treat . . . elegantly written, thoroughly referenced and exsquisitely presented'

* TES, Scotland *

'Some books are simply so magnificent in their scope and execution you know they are destined to become classics from the moment you open the cover and begin to turn the pages. Scotland: Mapping the Nation is one of those books'

* Undiscovered Scotland *

About Chris Fleet

Chris Fleet studied Geography at the University of Durham. He is Senior Map Curator in the National Library of Scotland. In 2010, he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

Margaret Wilkes is a Member of the Steering Committee of the Scottish Maps Forum, a Director of The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Convenor of its Collections & Information Committee and Joint Chairman of its Edinburgh Centre.

Charles W.J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

Additional information

GOR013603616
9781780270913
1780270917
Scotland: Mapping the Nation by Chris Fleet
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Birlinn General
20120820
336
Winner of Saltire Society Research Book of the Year 2012
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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