PLAN of the Battle of GLADSMUIR

Map detailing locations of Highlanders and Rebels during the battle fought at Prestonpans, East Lothaian, Scotland. The Jacbite army loyal to James Stuart les by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the government army loyal to the Hanoverian George II led by Sir John Cope. This battle is heavily mythologized. The text accompanying the plan in this journal explicitly details the battle from a letter to Sir John Cope. The map is keyed locating the dragoons location and flights, the rebels march, and other military advancements.Plan of the Battle of Prestonpans SE of Edinburgh, the first major engagement of the 2nd Jacobite Uprising. The letters within the map correspond to the legend located on its left that uses both upper and lower case lettering to show positions, along with the repetition of certain letters to show movement throughout the battle. Settlements and farms are illustrated via small vignettes, along with generalized tree lines. The compass rose shows the Firth of Forth at the bottom as North. The coordinates and scale for this map were both derived via georeferencing