Old Geology Map of Scotland 1862 by Roderick Murchison - Skye, Highlands, Orkney dynamic sprawling metropolis design indigenous heritage

indigenous heritage

Falmouth is marked under its earlier name of Penryn

Hand-coloured detail reveals hundreds of street names

ensuring that every detail remains true to the original design

underwater hazards

Old Geology Map of Scotland 1862 by Roderick Murchison - Skye, Highlands, Orkney dynamic sprawling metropolis design indigenous heritageThis is one of the earliest geological maps of Scotland ever produced, put together in 1862 by the eminent geologist Sir Roderick I. Murchison alongside Archibald Geikie, then director of the Geological Survey of Scotland, and published by A. K. Johnston. Full colour geological maps from this period are exceptionally rare, and the level of detail packed into this one is genuinely striking, making it as much a scientific artefact as a decorative print.