Map of the Counties of Aberdeen & Banff

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Map of the Counties of Aberdeen & Banff

As indicated in the lower right of this sheet, this map was specially prepared to accompany a book by author William Watt. This book was A History of Aberdeen and Banff, published in 1900. The book is part of the County Histories of Scotland series that was published in Edinburgh around this time.

The book's preface indicates that Watt lived at 17 Queen's Road, Aberdeen at the time of writing this volume.

On the sheet itself, the map of Aberdeen and Banff is credited to John Bartholomew & Co. and the Edinburgh Geographical Institute. In his list of maps within the book, Watt credits the map as "From the Ordnance Survey". This map was folded and came in a pocket at the rear of the volume.

The book also included two other illustrative maps. A pocket at the beginning of the volume contained 'Dou Vicecomitatus Aberdonia et Banfia. Una Cum Regionibus et Terrarum Tractibus Sub Ils Comprehensis, Auctore Roberto Gordonio à Straloch' from Blaeu's Great Atlas, 1654, and on page 205 was a relatively small version of 'Abredoniæ Novæ et Veteris Descriptio' by Gordon of Rothiemay. Both of these historic maps are available to view on the National Library of Scotland's Map Images website.

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