Author: Scotland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Scotland
Author: Christopher Fleet
Publisher: Birlinn Limited
ISBN: 9781780270913
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV.Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.
Publisher: Birlinn Limited
ISBN: 9781780270913
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV.Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.
An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland
Author: David MacPhail; Anders Frang
Publisher: Kelpies
ISBN: 9781782507482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Kelpies
ISBN: 9781782507482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Scotland: Defending the Nation
Author: Carolyn Anderson
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 9781780274935
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A magnificent full-colour collection of military maps of Scotland, spanning a period of 500 years, and covering all parts of the country.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 9781780274935
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A magnificent full-colour collection of military maps of Scotland, spanning a period of 500 years, and covering all parts of the country.
The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and its Islands. Illustrated by maps ... views ... Fifth edition
Author: Scotland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The Art of Illustrated Maps
Author: John Roman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440339627
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
While literally hundreds of books exist on the subject of "cartographic" maps, The Art of Illustrated Maps is the first book EVER to fully explore the world of conceptual, "imaginative" mapping. Author John Roman refers to illustrated maps as "the creative nonfiction of cartography," and his book reveals how and why the human mind instinctively recognizes and accepts the artistic license evoked by this unique art form. Drawing from numerous references, The Art of Illustrated Maps traces the 2000-year history of a specialized branch of illustration that historians claim to be "the oldest variety of primitive art." This book features the dynamic works of many professional map artists from around the world and documents the creative process as well as the inspirations behind contemporary, 21st-century illustrated maps.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440339627
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
While literally hundreds of books exist on the subject of "cartographic" maps, The Art of Illustrated Maps is the first book EVER to fully explore the world of conceptual, "imaginative" mapping. Author John Roman refers to illustrated maps as "the creative nonfiction of cartography," and his book reveals how and why the human mind instinctively recognizes and accepts the artistic license evoked by this unique art form. Drawing from numerous references, The Art of Illustrated Maps traces the 2000-year history of a specialized branch of illustration that historians claim to be "the oldest variety of primitive art." This book features the dynamic works of many professional map artists from around the world and documents the creative process as well as the inspirations behind contemporary, 21st-century illustrated maps.
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History
Author: Michael Lynch
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199234825
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Searchable online reference covers more than 20 centuries of history, and interpret history broadly, covering areas such as archaeology, climate, culture, languages, immigration, migration, and emigration. Multi-authored entries analyze key themes such as national identity, women and society, living standards, and religious belief across the centuries in an authoritative yet approachable way. The A-Z entries are complemented by maps, genealogies, a glossary, a chronology, and an extensive guide to further reading.--From title screen.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199234825
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Searchable online reference covers more than 20 centuries of history, and interpret history broadly, covering areas such as archaeology, climate, culture, languages, immigration, migration, and emigration. Multi-authored entries analyze key themes such as national identity, women and society, living standards, and religious belief across the centuries in an authoritative yet approachable way. The A-Z entries are complemented by maps, genealogies, a glossary, a chronology, and an extensive guide to further reading.--From title screen.
People and Power in Scotland
Author: Roger A. Mason
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788854144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Few Scottish historians are better known than T. C. Smout and fewer still more deserving of the high esteem in which they are held. He has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish historical studies both as an academic discipline and as a subject of wide popular appeal. His retirement in 1991 after twelve years as Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews diminished neither his interest not his output. It did, however, provide a fitting opportunity to honour his accomplishments. This collection of ten essays by his friends and colleagues at St Andrews is a measure of his enormous success in promoting Scottish history there and of their respect for his achievements. Ranging widely over the Scottish past – from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, from high politics to popular protest, from shipwrecks to railway mania, form local social studies to the problem of national identity – the essays pay tribute to the depth of Smout's historical understanding by reflecting the breadth of research that he has done so much to encourage.
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788854144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Few Scottish historians are better known than T. C. Smout and fewer still more deserving of the high esteem in which they are held. He has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish historical studies both as an academic discipline and as a subject of wide popular appeal. His retirement in 1991 after twelve years as Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews diminished neither his interest not his output. It did, however, provide a fitting opportunity to honour his accomplishments. This collection of ten essays by his friends and colleagues at St Andrews is a measure of his enormous success in promoting Scottish history there and of their respect for his achievements. Ranging widely over the Scottish past – from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, from high politics to popular protest, from shipwrecks to railway mania, form local social studies to the problem of national identity – the essays pay tribute to the depth of Smout's historical understanding by reflecting the breadth of research that he has done so much to encourage.
Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers
Author: Ian R Mitchell
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 1909912441
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Winner of the Outdoor Writers Guild Award for Excellence In this new book on pre-mountaineering ascents and near ascents in the Highlands, we have at last a work which does justice to those who lived and worked, travelled and fought in the Highlands before Walter Scott. PROF. BRUCE LENMAN Marvelous account of mountaineering's prehistory... as colourful as it is thought provoking - THE SCOTSMAN This work tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 1909912441
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Winner of the Outdoor Writers Guild Award for Excellence In this new book on pre-mountaineering ascents and near ascents in the Highlands, we have at last a work which does justice to those who lived and worked, travelled and fought in the Highlands before Walter Scott. PROF. BRUCE LENMAN Marvelous account of mountaineering's prehistory... as colourful as it is thought provoking - THE SCOTSMAN This work tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.
Scottish Geographical Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
The Literary Era
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description