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Tweets from the Map Room, National Library of Scotland. News, views and interesting finds for map lovers.
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What the world looks like before it’s pasted onto a globe... This example of globe gores is from c.1923. Zoom in at https://t.co/pKBAEHftrj

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James VI of was born 1566. See portraits of him and his family on John Speed's map of Scotland, 1610. https://t.co/qEx2GVSOQR

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How awesome does look on William Roy's 18th century
The in the news because of path repair work, with visitor numbers expected to increase following a starring role in the film https://t.co/mVCnUVN4SC

See Roy's map at https://t.co/UW97YPo419

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Hope the brings you lots of colourful eggs. 🐰🥚

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was first played in almost 500 years ago. By the 19th century there were more than 2000 ponds and lochs in - see them on our 1890s O.S. maps: https://t.co/RZxPCEW2jP
There’s also a fab ‘curling places’ map at https://t.co/2TLg1psytp

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The South Shetland Islands were discovered OTD 1819, when the Brig Williams sighted Livingston Island. This was the first land confirmed south of the 60th southern latitude.

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From the Clyde to the Antipodes, from the 18th to 21st century... Find out about recent research involving at this Seminar on 20 April at Kelvin Hall, Programme & booking form at https://t.co/aaUnmXUk9c

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day 23. Happy Christmas Eve Eve! Just one more map to share with you: a beautiful star chart from an 1801 celestial atlas by Bode. He depicted more than 100 constellations, compared with 88 officially recognized today ✨
https://t.co/uK8qhytLFs

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With Floe’s visit from , thoughts turned to our feathered friends. Another of Johnston’s 1848 zoological maps fills that European gap in our Love this diagram of of the Alps (but Floe was more intrigued by the penguin)
https://t.co/o1OBsEbcIz

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