1849 Meyer Map of Scotland

This is a beautiful example of the 1849 map of Scotland by Joseph Meyer. It covers all of Scotland from the Orkney Islands to Wigtown in the south, including the Hebrides or Western Isles. The Shetland and Orkney Islands are detailed in insets in the lower left and upper right quadrants respectively. This map also identifies various cities, towns, forts, rivers, rapids, mountain passes, fords, and an assortment of additional topographical details.

This map was issued in the midst of Scotland's Industrial Revolution, in which it emerged as a regional center for engineering and shipbuilding. In 1843, against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, during which Scotland flourished, the Church of Scotland witnessed a division in which many of its ministers, following a decade long conflict, broke away to form the Free Church of Scotland.

This map was issued as plate no. 29 in Meyer's Zeitung Atlas. Although all the maps in this atlas are not individually dated, the title page and maps were often updated while the imprint with the date was not, causing confusion to the exact date for some of the maps. Moreover some maps in the atlas were taped in at a later date as an update to the atlas. We have dated the maps in this collection to the best of our ability.