Mercator projection and first use of the word Atlas
Added by Leighton Library at 07:37 on 05 March 2024
Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1630 edition of "Atlas minor, ou Briefve description de tout le mon...
On 4 March 1798 Dr James Robertson borrowed Leighton Library's 1782 "Adventures of a Rupee"
Added by Leighton Library at 20:00 on 04 March 2024
📚 #OnThisDay (4 March) 1798, Dr James Robertson (who was Minister of Callander, 1768-1812), having given a do...