An Atlas of old Edinburgh
By: compiled by H.N. Barrott.
Contributors: Barrott, H. N.
Publisher: West Port Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Format: a3
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780954301026
Subjects: Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Maps.
Description: The development and history of a city is most graphically portrayed through its maps. Edinburgh is fortunate in the work of its early cartographers and is one of the better mapped cities of Europe. 
The first publication of this atlas in 2000 was highly successful and in response to demand we present this second and revised edition containing new maps and improved presentation

Part One of the atlas is a collection of most of the classic  city views and maps beginning with the earliest recorded, that of the English occupation in 1544. It includes the map of the city siege of 1573, the splendid bird's eye view of the  Reverend Robert Gordon in 1647, the first proper map by  James Edgar in 1742, James Craig's proposed New Town in 1767, John Ainslie's map of 1780 together with many others.

Part Two of the atlas presents the city in  sixty sections  and in more detail.  A new and innovative method of presentation has been used. The available antique maps   have been rescaled and reorientated to exactly the same scale and orientation and for each section alternative and directly comparable maps of the different periods are provided. For the older central areas up to eight successive maps are provided for each section  and for  the nineteenth century extensions two-three maps per section. It is thus possible to trace in detail the development of any particular area. 

	PART ONE	
	Speculative sketch of Edinburgh in the Fifteenth century	1
	Notes on Hertford	2
	Earl of Hertford’s Occupation 1544	3
	Notes on Castle siege	4
	Castle siege 1573	5
	Notes on Braun and Hogenburg	6
	Braun and Hogenburg	7
	Notes on Hoyen and Hollar	8
	Rombout van den Hoyen c.1650	9
	Detail from Hoyen	10
	Wenceslaus Hollar 1645 West	11
	Wenceslaus Hollar 1645 East	12
	Notes on Gordon 	13
	Gordon detail west	14
	Rev. James Gordon 1647  	Opposite 14
	Gordon detail east	15
	Notes on Prospect and Edgar	16
	Prospect from the North 1690  	Opposite 16
	William Edgar 1742	Opposite 17
	Notes on Laurie	17
	John Laurie Places adjacent to Edinburgh 1766 (part)	18
	John Laurie Places adjacent to Edinburgh 1766 (part)	19
	Notes on Craig	20
	James Craig 1767	21
	Notes on Lizars and Ainslie	22
	Daniel Lizars  1778 	Opposite 22
	John Ainslie 1780	23
	Notes on Brown	24
	Thomas Brown 1823	25
	Notes on Illustrated London News and Ordnance Survey	26
	Illustrated London News 1848	Opposite 26
	James Knox Edinburghshire 1812 (part)	27
	James Knox Edinburghshire 1812 (part))	28
	Ordnance Survey 1857 	29
	Ordnance Survey 1857 	30
		
	PART TWO	
	Introduction	31
	Key Map	32

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