Oooh, a first edition!
Feb. 25th, 2020 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaSo today I got my first edition of Flight of the Heron, and it's lovely! ♥ I didn't get it just because I wanted one, though I admit it is satisfying--it's for reading the audiobook from, because Librivox is strict about copyright. Anyway, look at this beautiful map on the inside of the front cover! I haven't seen that in any of the later editions.
It has the position of Ardroy and Loch na h-Iolaire marked, which is of course very helpful, since they are made up by the author. I mean, you can figure out the general position from the books anyway, but it's good to get a more specific one. I see which (actually existing) pass they're going over in Chapter 1 now, which I'd been confused about. Here is the modern Ordnance Survey map for reference, and here is the 18th century Roy military survey map of the same area, which...doesn't look like they really got those mountains right.
It has the position of Ardroy and Loch na h-Iolaire marked, which is of course very helpful, since they are made up by the author. I mean, you can figure out the general position from the books anyway, but it's good to get a more specific one. I see which (actually existing) pass they're going over in Chapter 1 now, which I'd been confused about. Here is the modern Ordnance Survey map for reference, and here is the 18th century Roy military survey map of the same area, which...doesn't look like they really got those mountains right.
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Date: 2020-02-25 09:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-02-25 09:53 pm (UTC)And also I'm visiting these places this summer! : )
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Date: 2020-02-25 10:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-02-26 01:47 pm (UTC)