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Applecross in maps

4. 19th century

Ainslie also influenced various mapmakers including Cary in 1801.

Arrowsmith

In 1807, Aaron Arrowsmith's Map of Scotland, was published and became the standard outline of Scotland for the next fifty years. Arrowsmith’s work was done under the authority of the ‘Parliamentary Commissioners for making Roads and building Bridges in the Highlands of Scotland’. He began by copying the Roy map onto transparent paper, and consulted over one hundred other maps, estate plans and marine charts to bring it up to date. Although at the same scale as the 18th-century maps by Dorret and Ainslie (4 miles to the inch), the Arrowsmith includes more place names than any earlier map of Scotland.

Arrowsmith 1807

Arrowsmith 1807 (detail)

Arrowsmith 1807 (detail)

Arrowsmith 1807 (detail)

Thomson’s Atlas of Scotland

From 1818 to 1830 John Thomson, an Edinburgh map publisher, worked on his Atlas of Scotland, which, when completed in 1832, included 58 detailed county maps. Some of his maps were engraved from existing maps and only partially updated, but he also commissioned new surveys of several counties. Many people were employed in the project, including respected local people to attest to the accuracy of the map. The introduction to the Atlas tells us that the map of Ross and Cromarty shires was compiled from various surveys by John Craig.

Thomson 1826

Confusingly Arivian, which is presumably the same as Aremeaun on the Dorrett map of 1750, is shown to be in the vicinity of Cruary. The track through the Glen from Applecross to Inverbain/Ardheslaig is shown, but no track over the Bealach or round the coast.