A General survey of Inverness & the country adjacent to the foot of Loch-Ness /
Bastide, John Henri,active 1718-1759
cartographic

[ca. 1725?]
This map shows the town of Inverness, and the surrounding country, with part of Loch Ness and the River Ness, and with a detailed vignette of the town in one corner. It also shows the seventeenth century Cromwellian fort, known as Oliver's Fort, and has three sailing ships on the river, and a compass rose. There is one full copy of this map at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/76c, and a less complete one at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/76b, which does not include the compass rose and sailing ships.
The "Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800" lists all three items from "Mr. Bastide", but does not give the date. The maps can however, be dated between 1719 and 1727, from the words "H. Camp before marchg: to glen Sheil" in the "Explanation", which means they have to post date the battle of Glen Shiel, which took place on 10 June, 1719, and from the absence of Fort George, Inverness, which was started on 7 August 1727 (see John Romer's plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/34a). John Bastide was present at the batle of Glen Shiel and produced a plan of the battle (at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/22a).
In bottom left hand corner: hand lettered in ink, in box, title and "Explanation", with list of code numbers, and names of features on map to which they refer, with "18" written below.
In top left hand corner: in panel, a coloured vignette of the town of Inverness from across the River Ness.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in pencil.
In bottom right hand corner: "Bo: 1: Fo: 60" written in red ink and scored out, with "B: 4: F: 34" written below in brown ink.
At right hand side of map: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
At bottom of sheet: in box, scale statement "A Scale of 9000 Feet ", with 137.16 mm. scale bar, graded [0]-500-1000-9000.
Other features include: a compass rose and three sailing ships on the river.
Has watermarks.
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Porter, Whitworth. History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1889,
Shows the town of Inverness, the River Ness and part of Loch Ness, with the surrounding country, Invernesshire.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military