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Subject:        Scottish Maps Forum & CAIRT
Date:   Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:54:41 -0000
From:   Williams, Paula <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



With apologies for cross-posting:

“Planning the Scottish townscape? Exploring urban history through town
plans” is the theme of the next Scottish Maps Forum seminar on 22 April
2008 in the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Further details and
a booking form are at:

_http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/2008-seminar-leaflet.pdf_


Issue 12 of Cairt: newsletter of the Scottish Maps Forum is now
available online at

_http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/2008-seminar-leaflet.pdf_

(PDF: 2.2 MB; 8 pages)

It includes:

New websites on William Roy’s Military Antiquities and estate plans in
Sutherland.

Ceramic map paperweight (1889) by JG Bartholomew.

Acquisitions of late 17th & early 18th century map playing cards.

A recently discovered 17th century wall map in Scotland.

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Diana Webster

Map Collections Manager

National Library of Scotland

33 Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SL

Scotland, UK

Email [log in to unmask]

Tel +44-(0)131-623 3972

Fax +44-(0)131-623 3971

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Visit our website

Map Images: www.nls.uk/maps

Map Collections Information:

www.nls.uk/collections/maps


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