Founding of the Ordnance Survey: Mapmaking 11

The Ordnance Survey traces its beginnings to the aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and the appointment of William Roy to conduct a survey of Scotland. ‘A New and Correct Mercator's Map of North Britain - To His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces This Map Dedicated by And. Millar - Carefully laid down from the Latest... - btv1b53057170f.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:A New and Correct Mercator's Map of North Britain - To His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces This Map Dedicated by And. Millar - Carefully laid down from the Latest... - btv1b53057170f.jpg|A_New_and_Correct_Mercator's_Map_of_North_Britain_-_To_His_Royal_Highness_William_Duke_of_Cumberland_Commander_in_Chief_of_His_Majesty's_Forces_This_Map_Dedicated_by_And._Millar_-_Carefully_laid_down_from_the_Latest..._-_btv1b53057170f]] ‘1747-55 Map of Innerleithen area.png’ is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons [[File:1747-55 Map of Innerleithen area.png|1747-55_Map_of_Innerleithen_area]] ‘View near Loch Rannoch’ is public domain courtesy of the British Library via Wikimedia Commons ‘File:Mansewood1747-1755.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons ‘File:Anglo-French survey of 1784-1790.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons ‘File:Cannon in Roy Grove Hampton.jpg’ by Jonathan Cardy is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons ‘File:RamsdenRS theodolite of 1787.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons ‘General Roys Baseline.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:General Roys Baseline.jpg|General_Roys_Baseline]] ‘File:William Roy Monument.jpg’ by Ukcnica is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons