Old Map of Lothian & Edinburgh, 1690 - Queensferry, Linlithgow, Firth of Forth, Haddington, Dalkeith, Loanhead giant map The title of the map

The title of the map is "The Russian Spider Sits Atop the World and Watches for more Victims"

Cullompton and Tavistock

now the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany

It was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius

Old Map of Lothian & Edinburgh, 1690 - Queensferry, Linlithgow, Firth of Forth, Haddington, Dalkeith, Loanhead giant map The title of the mapThis delightfully handcoloured, detailed and extremely rare map of the ancient region of Edinburgh and Lothian was originally published in 1690 by Valk & Schenk, a master mapmaking duo that worked out of Amsterdam in the 17th century. This map extends to roughly Linlithgow in the west and Dunglass in the east. Today this would cover roughly all of West Lothian, Midlothian and East Lothian. The top right corner of the map shows a wonderfully