1836 Atlas with no title page, and the one word "Europe" on its cover
1873 S.D.U.K. Atlas
1884 Lett's Atlas
1893 Cassell's Atlas (derived from Andree's)
1957 Times Atlas
2005 Google Earth
Lochs Eishort and Slapin are sea lochs in southern Skye. Skye is the largest of the Scottish islands, just west of the mainland of Scotland. This page shows maps of Lochs Eishort and Slapin printed at various dates.
I created this page to show the various shapes drawn for the coastline, during the nineteenth century. However I chose my sources badly – as you can see, the three oldest atlases shown not only show exactly the same shape for the coastline, they are all printed from the same etching! This surprised me.
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1836 Atlas with no title page, and the one word "Europe" on its cover |
1873 S.D.U.K. Atlas |
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1884 Lett's Atlas |
1893 Cassell's Atlas (derived from Andree's) |
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1957 Times Atlas |
2005 Google Earth |
Other pages showing how maps have changed due to more accurate information.