[MR] Of interest to Scadians: earliest map of Scotland

[Garth G. Groff]

Noble friends,

I just spotted this on the BBC: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/in_pictures_enl_1258359852/html/1.stm 
. This is the Forlani map of Scotland, dated to as early as 1558. Too 
small for good viewing? Then try this catalog page from the Scottish 
National Library: http://www.nls.uk/maps/scotland/detail.cfm?id=126 . 
Note the enlargement button. You can blow this thing up to a rather 
large size, though only in pieces.

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot
(mka Garth Groff)