Skye Island &c

The title on this map reads, 'Skye Island &c.', with the title 'Part of Inverness Shire' printed above. It was drawn in 1824 at the scale of 1 inch to every 2.5 miles. Originally sold individually, it later featured in John Thomson's 'Atlas of Scotland' which was published in 1832 - this map is Plate 24 in the collection. The island has been divided into the different parishes: the parish boundaries are clearly highlighted on the map with a colour wash. A great amount of detail such as hills, roads, rivers and burns, and settlements have been included.

This particular map was drawn by the Edinburgh-based land surveyor William Johnson, who used existing surveys to create this detailed map of Skye. On the map itself, we are told that the actual surveys Johnston used were a survey of Lord Macdonald's property by the land surveyor Blackadder and a survey by Chapman for J.N. MacLeod of MacLeod. Johnston compared those with existing government surveys to create this richly detailed map.

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