Scotland: Mapping the Islands by Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes, Charles W. J. Withers Scotland: Mapping the Islands by Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes, Charles W. J. Withers PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad As miniature worlds, beautiful locations and homes to communities seemingly distant from the stresses of modern life, Scotland's many islands have an extraordinary fascination on countless people, not least on the hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit them each year. Maps too fascinate, as objects of visual delight and historical importance, and as a means to represent and understand landscapes. This stimulating and informative book reproduces some of the most beautiful and historically significant maps from the National Library of Scotland's magnificent collection in order to explore the many dimensions of island life and how this has changed over time. Arranged thematically and covering topics such as population, place-names, defence, civic improvement, natura...