Map

Description

Map showing a plan of Edinburgh from the south, framed and mounted and in colour, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg, Cologne, possibly 1582

Museum reference

T.2003.309.1

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Map

Production information

Braun and Hogenberg
Cologne, Germany, Western Europe

Date

1582

Physical description

Framed and mounted; in colour with four figures standing in the foreground on crags

Associations

Previous owner: Nelson's Print Shop
Depicted: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Mary Queen of Scots (28 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Boog-Watson, C. "The Maps of Edinburgh." p. 24.

Tooley, R.V. "Maps and Mapmakers." plate 14.