A New and Correct map of the Lothians from Mr. Adair's observations /
Elphinstone, John,1706-53.
Adair, John,1660-1718.
Smith, Thomas,engraver.
Aitken, William.
[Edinburgh] : Sold by William Aitken
1744 [i.e. 1745].
Relief shown pictorially.
"To the Right Honourable the Earl of Hopton this Map is humbly inscribed by John Elphinstone 1744".
Features include: compass rose; estates and settlements ; rivers and tributaries ; trees ; postways ; shore detail.
Has watermarks "ICH".
"Long. E. from Edinburgh" at foot.
Date given as 1744 but must have been issued later as includes site of battle of Prestonpans which was fought in September 1745.
RSGS and Moir "The early maps of Scotland"