Title: Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806
Description: Alexander Nimmo was Rector of Inverness Academy in 1806 when the Commission for Highland Roads and Bridges employed him to survey the boundary of Inverness-shire with the adjacent counties. During his survey Nimmo kept a journal of his 'perambulation'. This book presents a transcription of this journal, along with significant historical commentary.
Subjects: Boundaries, Sources, Cartography, Cartographers, Biography, History, Scotland, history, Scotland, biography
Places: Scotland, Inverness-shire (Scotland), Inverness-shire
People: Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832)
Time periods: 19th century