Edinburgh in 1868

The National Library of Scotland provides a wonderful archive of maps.

This perspective by John Sulman is included. It was drawn in 1868 [to view it in more detail please right click and save the image]


Here are some close-ups [re-coloured by myself]:


John Sulman was born in Greenwich in 1849 and died in Australia in 1834. He was an architect and town planner. From 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the Federal Capital Advisory Committee and influenced the development of Canberra.

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