. Englisch: Für die Stadt Planning Committee 1768 Verfasst von James Craig, das ist der endgültige Plan von Edinburgh, Schottland's Neue Stadt. Im Norden, dieser Plan Einzelheiten die Straßen von Edinburgh nördlich des Loch Noch (heute der Prince's Street Gardens) zwischen St. George's Square (moderne Tag Charlotte Square) und St. Andrews Square orientiert. Eine Widmung an König Georg III. Der untere Teil der Karte zeigt. Eine aufwändige Titel Kartusche schmückt den linken unteren Quadranten. Thompson's Gedicht erscheint in einer sekundären Kartusche oben in der Mitte. 1766 die Stadtväter von Edinburgh führen.

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• Format: 2669 x 1873 px | 22,6 x 15,9 cm | 8,9 x 6,2 inches | 300dpi

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. English: Drafted for the city planning committee in 1768 by James Craig, this is the definitive plan of Edinburgh, Scotland’s New Town. Oriented to the North, this plan details the streets of Edinburgh north of the Loch Nor (today the Prince’s Street Gardens) between St. George’s Square (modern day Charlotte Square) and St. Andrews Square. A dedication to King George the III illustrates the lower part of the map. An elaborate title cartouche decorates the lower left hand quadrant. Thompson’s poem appears in a secondary cartouche at the top center. In 1766 the City Fathers of Edinburgh lead by Lord Provost George Drummond instituted a plan to extend the city’s border to encompass the field’s north of the Nor Loch. The plan, intended to modernize the city and ease the crowded conditions of the old Royal Burgh, was turned into a competition. James Craig, an Edinburgh native, having around this time just completed his apprenticeship as a mason, found the he had a fine hand for drafting. Inspired by his uncle James Thomson’s well known poem Liberty , August, around, what Public Works I see, Lo’ stately Streets, lo’ Squares that Court the breeze, See’ long Canals, and deepened Rivers join Eash part with each, and with the circling Main The whole enlivened Isle… Craig submitted this plan. Though conservative in its vision, Craig’s plan won the city’s design contest and he was awarded with the “Freedom of the City” in 1767. Sadly the Lord Provost George Drummond who instituted the contest died before his dream of expanding the city was realized. It was left to his successor, the Lord Provost Gilbert Laurie, who is named on this map, to realize Craig’s plan. Today the streets are laid out much as Craig envisioned them with broad east –west avenues separating housing blocks bisected by smaller mews. Drawn by James Craig and engraved by P. Begbie in 1768. When this plan was printed in 1768, only 500 were issued. With such a small printing r