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Map, colour lithograph, Scotland S, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, first drawn by Edward Weller for the Weekly Dispatch newspaper, 1856-62, published by G W Bacon, Bacon's Geographical Establishment, London, 1895-97.
Plate 58 in the Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles.
There are inset maps of Edinburgh and Glasgow; railways are a prominent feature.
Version of this map were published from 1850s to 1930s.
   Dispatch 1863
map feature:- up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & index grid (d..l,K..Q for this sheet) & sea tinted & coast tinted & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & county & electoral data & settlements & roads & canals & railways
inscription:- printed bottom left
Bacon's Geographical Establishment
inscription:- printed with scale line
Scale of English Miles
scale line:- 40 miles = 112.0 mm
wxh, sheet:- 53.5x34.5cm
wxh, map:- 482x308mm