A true and exact hydrographical description of the sea coast and isles of Scotland : made in voyage round the same by that great and mighty prince James the 5th. [manuscript copy] /
Adair, John,1660-1718.
Moxon, J.(James)
cartographic

[1703?]
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 copy lacks some of the detail of the printed original, specifically the rhumb lines, the vignettes of sailing-ships, the decorative geometric dividers and the ornate title cartouche. It has a wind-rose, with a fleur-de-lys pointer, and the title is in a plain box. The name of Nicolay D'aulphinois in the title cartouche of the original has been wrongly copied as "Nicholay D'aldphinois" in the title box here.
The other maps in the atlas, and the title page, were also copied in mansucript and are also at shelfmark MS.1651.Z.69/01.
In top left hand corner: hand-lettered in box, title and imprint of printed original "Publish'd at Paris by Nicholay D'aldphinois etc. Chief Cosmographer to the French King An. 1583 And at Edinburgh by John Adair Fellow of the Royal Society An. 1688".
At bottom of map: scale statement "Miliaria Scotiae Communia", with scale bar graded [0]-[5]-10-20-30-40-50-60-70.
At top of sheet: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Shows Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Nautical Charts
Description of the sea-coast and islands of scotland, with large and exact maps for the use of seamen