NLS Map Collections @natlibscotmaps
Tweets from the Map Room, National Library of Scotland. News, views and interesting finds for map lovers. maps.nls.uk Edinburgh Joined January 2013-
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Join us @NLWales on May 17 for #CartoCymru2024. Our subject is #Cartographers, the people behind the maps. Gerald of Wales is famous for his writings, but he is also the earliest known Welsh mapmaker Find out more: tiny.cc/8u0vxz #LoveMaps @RCAHMWales @bcsmaps @_BRICMICS
We love how Thomas Preston included careful advice on how to make it safely into harbour on his chart: A new hydrographical survey of the islands of Shetland, published 1781. maps.nls.uk/view/74400306 #ArchiveAdvice #Archive30 #Shetland
One week to go until our seminar on The Premodern Scottish Place, Friday 3 May 2024, where you can explore the histories of early Scottish maps and texts. Spaces still available to attend online. More information and book to attend online at maps.nls.uk/projects/place…
We've just added this wonderful map showing the Race Meetings for 1906; with dates, distances from London, and railway connections; also the training quarters and the trainers at each. maps.nls.uk/view/245958646 #SportArchives #Archive30
If you are looking for #SomethingScary for #Archive30, then we know just where to find Big (and little) Scares! maps.nls.uk/view/75680250
In our Georeferenced or Side by Side Maps Viewers you can measure bearings, areas or distances with the Measurement Tools (find these in the upper right of the screen) maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/ #TuesdayTips
To coincide with #EarthDay & our screening of 'Finite: The Climate of Change' on 24th April, we've put together a set of archive films on the themes of activism, fossil fuels, renewable energy and eco-friendly materials. Watch the films here: movingimage.nls.uk/search?feature…
We've #MoreMaps for you this #MapMonday Explore maps of Britain by commercial publishers, dating from the 1840s to 1970s. Including this tourist map of Wales from 1959. maps.nls.uk/view/245958910 maps.nls.uk/additions/#159
Antarctica is #influencing your life right now! 🇦🇶 Earth’s frozen places are a crucial part of the climate and weather systems we’re all used to, and quite like as they are. This #WorldEarthDay, here's why Antarctica (and polar science) matters - in 90 seconds ⬇️
Our Collection Care team are keen to be as sustainable as possible. They've inventoried all our mounts and supports, so they can be re-used for future exhibitions - and all melinex strapping is carefully bagged for re-use. ♻️ #ArchiveSustainability #Archive30
It's #MapMonday🗺️ Today, we're sharing a map from the early 20th century that shows Belfast's population distribution. This map (LA/7/3/JA/22) shows the areas where the working class lived in blue/green, while the red/pink areas represent the other inhabited parts of the city.🏠
We've #MoreMaps for you 😊 Recently added to our Map Images Website are maps of Britain by commercial publishers, dating from 1840s to 1970s. maps.nls.uk/additions/#159 Including Emslie's Official Railway Map of England and Wales, 1912. maps.nls.uk/joins/11431.ht… #HistoricMaps
This very large map of lands either side of Holderness drain dating 1833 was too big to fully unroll across two tables so our Conservator was limited to cleaning and repairing small sections at a time! 📜 DDX924/2/2 #Archive30 Day 18 #ConservationWin @ARAScot
The Battle of Culloden took place #OTD 1746. This plan,thought to have been created by John Finlayson in 1746, details the movement of the armies before and after the battle, as well as how the troops were drawn up. maps.nls.uk/view/74400862 #Jacobites #Culloden #HistoricMaps
Hello All! Hope you all had a smashing weekend. Thought I'd give a quick update for #MapMonday on the mapping of the Civil Parishes of Brecknockshire as depicted on the 1st Edition 6" OS Mapping. Another day or so and it will be completed 😉!
Good news - our Map Images Website should now be working as normal. We wish you a very mappy afternoon. maps.nls.uk
It's #TrigWeek! Can you spot the mountainous areas? ⛰️ This visualisation was created using the OS Complete Trig Archive (a legacy dataset). The gridded cartogram explores the relationship between areas with the most trig pillars and their elevation.
Andy Arthur 🐣 Thre.. @cocteautriplets
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SCRAN @Scranlife
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National Library of S.. @natlibscot
60K Followers 4K Following Scotland's national library. Visit our exhibition ‘Sgeul | Story: Folktales from the Scottish Highlands’ - https://t.co/PPJoQUypCe
Glasgow City Archives @GC_Archives
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Scottish Roads Archiv.. @ScotRoadArchive
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National Museums Scot.. @NtlMuseumsScot
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ScotlandsPeople @ScotlandsPeople
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Historic Environment .. @HistEnvScot
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Highland Archives @HLHArchives
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D&G Place-Names (now .. @dgplacenames
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Also gavincooks, aLee.. @aLeedscyclist
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Jim Smithson @boiry62128
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Back in Time West Lon.. @OldLondonW14
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Elizabeth Brookbank @elizabethbrookb
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Trevor Brabyn @TrevorBrabyn
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Arts & Homelessness I.. @artshomelessint
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Conservation @ARA_PCG
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wang ru @wang_ruru13193
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Andy Arthur 🐣 Thre.. @cocteautriplets
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SCRAN @Scranlife
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National Library of S.. @natlibscot
60K Followers 4K Following Scotland's national library. Visit our exhibition ‘Sgeul | Story: Folktales from the Scottish Highlands’ - https://t.co/PPJoQUypCe
Glasgow City Archives @GC_Archives
23K Followers 1K Following The City Archives are housed in the Mitchell Library and include the official records of various local authorities and a large number of private collections.
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Scottish Roads Archiv.. @ScotRoadArchive
12K Followers 512 Following Sharing records from our collection to chronicle the history of Scotland's post-1945 roads, bridges & motorways | Non-profit, volunteer organisation.
Shetland Library @ShetlandLibrary
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Am Baile - Highland H.. @HighlandHistory
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National Museums Scot.. @NtlMuseumsScot
89K Followers 5K Following Telling stories from Scotland's national collections. Also tweeting from @NMSEngage @NMSPartnerships @NMSlibraries @NatSciNMS
ScotlandsPeople @ScotlandsPeople
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Historic Environment .. @HistEnvScot
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Allan Kennedy @Allan_D_Kennedy
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Highland Archives @HLHArchives
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Roman Scotland @RomanScotland
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Dig It! @DigItScotland
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D&G Place-Names (now .. @dgplacenames
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NorthLan Heritage @NL_Heritage
4K Followers 1K Following Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot
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Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives
5K Followers 451 Following Official Twitter of Dundee City Archives, part of @DundeeCouncil. Email [email protected] to book. See website for more info about visiting.
Kirsten MacQuarrie MC.. @GGallerina
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Book Week Scotland @BookWeekScot
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Paperboats Writers @paperboatswrite
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Fred Blunt @FredBlunt
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Rob Cawston @cawston
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GeogChat @GeogChat
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Oxford School of Arch.. @school_of_arch
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Cheshire Local Histor.. @LocalCheshire
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Archaeology Scotland .. @as_learn
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Perth Museum @PerthMuseumUK
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The Watt Institution @WattInstitution
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BALH @BALHNews
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DOS & ACIU Projects: .. @AerialSheila
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Goldsmiths Special Co.. @Gold_SCA
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Drummond_PE @DrummondPE
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The Northern Ireland .. @placenamesni
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Hearts of Gold - Seft.. @HeritageSCVS
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Dr Hanita Ritchie💙.. @DrHanitaRitchie
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Under One Roof Scotla.. @UnderOneRoofSco
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Humap: the storytelli.. @humap_me_
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Christian Drury @cj_drury
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RDW Book & Paper Cons.. @RDWFalkirk
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Society of Genealogis.. @SocGenealogists
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UK Parliamentary Cons.. @parlconst
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The Alan Turing Insti.. @turinginst
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Edinburgh Southern Or.. @esocweb
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David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga
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Alnwick Civic Society @AlnwickCivicSoc
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Harvey @HarveyArchaeo
1K Followers 781 Following Archaeologist, researcher, erstwhile curator & osteologist, geek, Bones On Screen, scone connoisseur & Mum. Love of hopeless causes. Views my own (she/her)
Pembrokeshire Archive.. @PembsArchives
584 Followers 743 Following Preserving and Promoting Pembrokeshire’s Past. Cadw a Hyrwyddo Gorffennol Sir Benfro. 🖼️ https://t.co/9xTVDJDOnN 🎧 https://t.co/bINzJA7pgf 📖 https://t.co/xYH3LZ0GzX
National Trust @nationaltrust
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden
2.8M Followers 74 Following Welcome to the positive side of 𝕏. I’m Sander from the Netherlands. All copyrights belong to their respective owners! DM for credits/removal/submission!
Alison Stevenson @AlisonStevensn
504 Followers 470 Following This feed: a mix of personal and professional (libraries, archives & museums)
ScottishGeology @scottishgeology
6K Followers 387 Following The Scottish Geology Trust is a new charity launched to promote Scotland's geology and geology community. #ScottishGeology https://t.co/5jgkRvWhV0
Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary
21K Followers 5K Following Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars. Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Cambridgeshire Archiv.. @CambsArchives
921 Followers 243 Following Bringing Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire's history to life.
Powys Archives @PowysArchives
1K Followers 631 Following POWYS ARCHIVES serves as the official repository for Powys County Council (Brec, Mont, Rad) Mae ARCHIFAU POWYS yngwasanaethu fel storfa swyddogol CyngorSirPowys
MapsOnDrinks @MapsOnDrinks
169 Followers 81 Following Photos of maps on bottles of Beer, Wine, Cider, Gin, Whisky, Coffee, Tea... #MapsOnDrinks
Olivia Vane @OliviaFVane
2K Followers 239 Following Data visualisation design + code | Interactive data journalist @TheEconomist | Prev. @LivingwMachines at @BritishLibrary @TuringInst | #dataViz PhD @RCA
Moray Firth Bioregion @MorayFirthBio
136 Followers 458 Following How might cultivating a sense of bioregional identity support and connect economic, cultural, & ecological regenerative potential, at a landscape scale?
Community Woodlands A.. @CommunityWoods
3K Followers 788 Following Promoting, supporting & celebrating community woodlands in Scotland. 'Every community deserves a woodland'. https://t.co/OwoCtlNetk
John Townley @JFredT
242 Followers 84 Following Curious about C18th & C19th Birmingham History, Steam Mills, Maps, Buildings & People. Intolerant of intolerance and prejudice.
Isle of Wight Archaeo.. @IOWarchaeology
796 Followers 319 Following Isle of Wight Council Archaeology & Historic Environment Service. We manage the Isle of Wight HER and provide advice on archaeology and the historic environmentWhere in the world is our Library tote this week? 🌍💼 📸 Malta #ToteOnTour
While reshelving this 1838 edition of 'Essay on the Geology of the Lothians' by RJH Cunningham, we found this charming little watercolour of the Bass Rock surrounded with gannets. #foundfriday #librarytwitter
The Isle of Skye is so topographically varied! As shown in this dataviz by OS Technical Relationship Consultant Hannah, inspired by @John_M_Nelson's paper cut style for ArcGIS Pro. #IsleofSkye #DataViz
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. nature.com/articles/d4158…
It’s a tough time to be an emperor penguin 🐧 14 of the 66 colonies in Antarctica lost some or all of their chicks due to sea ice breakup in 2023. But colonies some adapted! Here's the story of two colonies we followed from space ⬇️ #WorldPenguinDay
Are you looking to be more #sustainable & save money? There are now 9 #LendAndMend Hubs in selected Scottish Public Library Services providing free access to equipment to repair, reuse & upcycle everyday items. Find out more here ow.ly/ZNgt50QHKvU #ScottishLibraries
For today's #WorldPenguinDay we're bringing you a film from 1977 that showed how penguins were reared at @EdinburghZoo! 🐧 Watch 'A Pride of Penguins' here: movingimage.nls.uk/film/2834
Which embroidery garden do you prefer? Left or right? Both very geometric and very satisfying to sew! These aerial landscapes were pretty different for me but I enjoyed the challenge that came with them :) (And zoom in to see the details!) 💚💚💚 #art #ActuallyAutistic #autistic
Have you visited @nlskelvinhall lately? It's a great spot for researching family history, quiet study or checking out Scotland's history on film. The current opening hours are: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 10am to 5pm Wednesday: 1:30pm to 8pm.
A little over a week until The Nature Library opens in Irvine! Find it at 122B Montgomery Street from Friday 3 May. Open 10-4 Fri-Sun (might change but that’s what we’re starting with, feedback welcome). Ground floor on the right, buzz to get in🚪🐝 Can’t wait to welcome you.
@edcentrallib has a fantastic new collection of #gardening books currently on display and available to reserve online talesofonecity.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/get…
. #LuvMaps Great online tools from National Library of Scotland map collections
In our Georeferenced or Side by Side Maps Viewers you can measure bearings, areas or distances with the Measurement Tools (find these in the upper right of the screen) maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/ #TuesdayTips
#WaybackWednesday Stunning #photograph of the second Tay Bridge under construction in November 1886 #Archives #Dundee #OldDundee #DundeeUniCulture
We’ve now restarted the transfer of collection items between our two sites, which means researchers in St Pancras can order items from Boston Spa, and vice versa. You still need to visit in person and complete paper forms to order collection items at the moment, but this means…
@packrat74 It is hard to beat @natlibscotmaps for historical maps of the UK.
The centre of the earth from Athanasius Kircher's 'Mundus subterraneus' printed in Amsterdam, 1678 #EarthDay2024
Time for #SomethingScary. Can you imagine doing this! How do you think this clerk reacted in 1918 when they spilled their ink well all over the valuation roll? 😱 This is why we don't allow pens in our searchroom! (also does its look like a face?) #Archive30 #Dundee @ARAScot
Mark Earth Day with a look back at our #ShelfLife climate change events. Seed-sowing with Helen Cross, songwriting with Alan McClure, darning with Eilidh Weir, whathavewedunoon’s Claire Segeren chatting with Anna Campbell-Jones and a talk by Alastair McIntosh. Thank you @SLIC1991
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