Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places and Landscape - Hardcover

David Munro; Bruce Gittings

9780004724669: Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places and Landscape

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0004724666 ISBN 13: 9780004724669

Publisher: Collins, 2006

The first comprehensive guide to Scotland’s unique places and historic landscape since the 19th century, edited by the Director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

This authoritative, comprehensive gazetteer, edited by Dr David Munro, Director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, includes over 8,000 up-to-date entries on cities, towns and villages, mountains, lochs and rivers, visitor attractions and monuments throughout the nation. Each entry places its subject in an appropriate historical, geological or environmental context, providing essential information of interest to a wide range of potential users.

The book starts with an introductory essay on the Landscapes of Scotland. There is also an extensive glossary of terms (including Gaelic words incorporated into many place names), and a detailed bibliography.

Street plans are provided for over 100 main towns and cities, as are maps of each administrative area, spread throughout the book.

There is a fully indexed full-colour atlas, providing a wealth of extra cartographic information.

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Product Description:

Authoritative, comprehensive, and fully up-to-date, this outstanding encyclopedia contains more than 10,000 detailed entries on Scotland's cities, towns and villages, mountains, lochs and rivers, visitor attractions, monuments, and historic sites. Each entry places its subject in historical, geographical, architectural, or environmental context, offering information for a wide variety of uses. Street plans are included for all of Scotland's cities and many larger towns, highlighting places of interest, public buildings, and main routes. All the entries are cross-referenced to a full-color atlas of the country, providing a wealth of current cartographic detail. Edited by Dr. David Munro, Director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and Bruce Gittings of the Department of Geography at Edinburgh University, Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places and Landscapes is a landmark work of reference.

Synopsis:

This is the first comprehensive guide to Scotland since the 19th century, edited by the Director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. It is remarkable that in this age of information there is no up-to-date guide to the places of Scotland. That situation is about to be remedied with the publication of "Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places and Landscape", edited by Dr David Munro, Director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This authoritative, comprehensive gazetteer will include over 8,000 entries on cities, towns and villages, mountains, lochs and rivers, visitor attractions and monuments throughout the nation. Each entry places its subject in an appropriate historical, geological or environmental context, providing essential information of interest to a wide range of potential users. The book starts with an introductory essay on the Landscapes of Scotland. There is also an extensive glossary of terms (including Gaelic words incorporated into many place names), and a detailed bibliography. Street plans are provided for over 100 main towns and cities, as are maps of each administrative area, spread throughout the book.

There is a fully indexed full-colour atlas, providing a wealth of extra cartographic information.

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