The Frith and River of Tay with all the Rocks, Sands, Shoals, &c. [manuscript copy] / [originally] survey'd by John Adair [original engraver James Moxon]
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 Fife from St. Monans to the entry to the Firth of Tay, and then upriver as far as Scone, and then north and east up the coast of Angus to Redhead promontory.
The other maps in the atlas, and the title page, were also copied in mansucript and are at shelfmark MS.1651.Z.69/01.
At bottom of sheet: title hand-lettered in box in ink, with "Survey'd by John Adair".
In bottom left hand corner: in box, two scale bars and two scale statements; "6000 Passus or 4 Scots Miles", 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 60 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 "North Lat. 36 10".
It indicates settlements with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red, prominent estates with houses shaded red, some with their boundaries also shown clearly. It indicates waterways, lighthouses, hills, sandbars and windmills.
Has wind-rose with fleur-de-lys pointer, orienting top of sheet to north.
Shows the Firth of Tay, 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