Scotland: Defending the Nation - Mapping the Military Landscape
Language: English
Published by Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh, 2018
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Creaking Shelves Books, Spean Bridge, United KingdomCreaking Shelves Books
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viii+232p. Beautifully illustrated. This fine book is heavy and could require a postal supplement at cost. The book and unclipped d/w are as new. See scans.
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- Title
- Scotland: Defending the Nation - Mapping the Military Landscape
- Author
- Anderson, Carolyn; Fleet, Chris
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Original Black Boards
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1780274939
- ISBN 13
- 9781780274935
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- Square 4to
- Seller catalogs
- History, Maps & Cartography, Scottish Topography & Local History
In this book two map experts explore the extraordinarily rich legacy of Scottish military mapping, including fortification plans, reconnaissance mapping, battle plans, plans of military roads and routeways, tactical maps, plans of mines, enemy maps showing targets, as well as plans showing the construction of defences. In addition to plans, elevations and views, they also discuss unrealised proposals and projected schemes. Most of the maps – some of them reproduced in book form for the first time – are visually striking and attractive, and all have been selected for the particular stories they tell about both attacking and defending the country.
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About the Author
Christopher Fleet is Senior Map Curator in the National Library of Scotland with particular responsibilities for digital mapping. Margaret Wilkes is a member of the Steering Committee of the Scottish Maps Forum, a Director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and Joint Chair of the Edinburgh Centre of the RSGS. Charles W.J. Withers is Ogilvie Chair of Geography at Edinburgh University and Geographer Royal in Scotland.
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"Creaking Shelves Books" has been selling (and buying) books on line since 1999. Based now in Spean Bridge, ten miles from in Fort William beneath Ben Nevis. I have a varied stock with a particular emphasis in Scottish History and topography, mountaineering, geology, natural history and ephemera. Unusual items and small rarities are a speciality!
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