Edinburgh

Maps on our site:

• 1550, Sebastian Munster, Cosmographei lxiiii
  
  
• 1581, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates..., map III-4

Find more maps:

• Old maps of Midlothian, Edinburgh & Linlithgowshire
  from the Genmaps website
  
  
• Old maps of Edinburgh 1631-1769
  from the National Library of Scotland website
  
  
• Edinburgh town scape 1650-1700
  at the website of Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
  
  
• City and Castle of Edinburg, John Rocque Collection 1764
  Osher Map Library , Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine
  

Located on S shore of Firth of Forth; inhabited by Romans in 2nd cen. & Lothians in 6th cen.; divided into 12th-cen. Old Town & 18th-cen. New Town; became major textile & industrial center in 18th cen.; noted for Georgian architecture.

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