RSGS's Atlas of Scotland

Salmon rivers, Gaelic language areas and Highland deer forests sit beside detailed regional topography in The Royal Scottish...

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Salmon rivers, Gaelic language areas and Highland deer forests sit beside detailed regional topography in The Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Atlas of Scotland, drawn, engraved and printed at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute in 1895. Regional sheets cover the mainland and islands, marking towns, routes and rural features such as the distilleries of Islay, Skye and Speyside, and separate plans show Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leith, Aberdeen, Dundee, Paisley and Greenock. The thematic maps are a particular strength: Archibald Geikie's geological sheets set out the country's rocks, Alexander Buchan's rainfall map charts its climate, and further plates show relief, river basins, watersheds and the distribution of wildlife.

Salmon rivers, Gaelic language areas and Highland deer forests sit beside detailed regional topography in The Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Atlas of Scotland, drawn, engraved and printed at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute in 1895. Regional sheets cover the mainland and islands, marking towns, routes and rural features such as the distilleries of Islay, Skye and Speyside, and separate plans show Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leith, Aberdeen, Dundee, Paisley and Greenock. The thematic maps are a particular strength: Archibald Geikie's geological sheets set out the country's rocks, Alexander Buchan's rainfall map charts its climate, and further plates show relief, river basins, watersheds and the distribution of wildlife.

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