The Firth of Forth from the entry to the Queen's-ferry [i.e. Queensferry], with all the islands, rocks, sands, &c. [manuscript copy] /
Adair, John,1660-1718.
Moxon, J.(James)
cartographic

[17--?]
This is a manuscript copy of one of the maps from John Adair's printed atlas 'The Description of the Sea-Coast and Islands of Scotland with Large and Exact Maps for the Use of Seamen', first published by him in Edinburgh in 1688 (see shelfmark EMS.s.737).
This shows the coast of East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian, with the entry to the Firth of Forth, from St. Abb's Head to Queensferry, and upriver to Stirling, and from Stirling east and north to Kingsbarns on the coast of Fife. It is coloured, where the printed original was not.
The other maps in the atlas, and the title page, were also copied in mansucript and are at shelfmark MS.1651.Z.69/01.
In top left hand corner: title hand-lettered in box in ink, and "Survey'd by John Adair".
In bottom left hand corner: in box, two scale bars and two scale statements; "6000 Passus", with scale bar graded [0]-[1/8]-[1/4]-[3/8]-[1/2]-[3/4]-1-2-3-4-5-6; "6 Miles of which 6 makes one Deg" with scale bar graded [0]-[1/4]-[1/2]-[3/4]-1-2-3-4-5-6. Has depths indicated by soundings figures.
In lower left portion: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "N: Lat. 55d. 50".
It indicates settlements with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red, and in some of the larger ones shows the main street. Prominent estates are indicated by houses shaded red, the avenues of trees or the boundaries also shown clearly. It indicates waterways, hills, sandbars and windmills. The city of Edinburgh is shaded red, with the main streets of High Street, Canongate and Cowgate indicated, the Nor' Loch shaded green, and the castle and Holyrood Palace clearly drawn and shaded red. The area now known as "Arthur's Seat" is marked as being fenced off. The port of Leith is entirely circled by walls, and there is a fortification north of the Water of Leith. The palace at Linlithgow is also indicated in red.
Has wind-rose with fleur-de-lys pointer, orienting top of sheet to north.
Shows the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Nautical Charts
Nautical Charts
Description of the sea-coast and islands of Scotland, with large and exact maps for the use of seamen