National Library of Scotland

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An information treasure trove for Scotland National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines and maps covering every subject. More ...

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First Map of Scotland 'Scotia: Regno di Scotia' - 1570

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  • Keen Hope said:
    Amazing.
  • mikescottnz said:
    Alba / modern Scotland was known as 'Caledonia' by the Romans. Then known as 'Scotia minor' as Ireland was Scotia major . Pictland or Scotland slowly became merged to 'Scotland' in the 700/800s to a certain Popes declaration too about the year 1000 AD, to disfranchise the Irish -Hibernian 'Scoti' monks who had been re christianizing Dark Age Europe.Over centuries it was was gradually colonized, partly conquered, by the original 'Scoti' (Irish) or Scots - tribes from Ulster under Dalriada and others. The original inhabitants of the NE Caledonia were the Picts. So Scotland has three main strands the Gaelic-Pictish merger of crowns and Celtic clans and some settling Danes / Norse from the Viking incursions.
  • excellentzebu1050 said:
    Fantastic
  • tedesco57 said:
    I just love old maps and have some Robert Morden pages in my collection
  • JJ_Dredd said:
    Superb! thanks for the posting and info!

Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I

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  • ਬੈਸ ਸਿੰਘ said:
    Nice Shot... Captures Mood... Does any1 know what gun that is next to him? Is it a M1 Garand?
  • Geir Bergh said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called War Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Kev Arnold said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called British Army, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • fuzzy slope said:
    The M1 Garand did not exist then. I would say that it is a Lee Enfield. This picture reminds me how tired a person can really get. It makes me think of my days in the airborne infantry, I remember being so tired that I laid down in a mud puddle and fell asleep. You had to take it when and were you could get it. Ten or fifteen minutes of sleep was a treasured thing.
  • cobolt 69 said:
    Great photo, looks as if it was taken Yesterday. It is a Lee Enfield which had a good reputation with the men that used it If it had one weakness, it was that the firing mechanisms were susceptible to dirt and grit. When not in battle, many men simply covered the firing mechanism with cloth (as in the photo) in an effort to keep out dirt which would jam the rifle.

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