Peter Handyside Mackerlie

History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway. Illustrated by Woodcuts of Notable Places and Objects. with a Historical Sketch of the District. [w Peter Handyside Mackerlie

Publisher Marketing: Title: History of the Lands and their owners in Galloway. Illustrated by woodcuts of notable places and objects. With a historical sketch of the district. [With a preface to Vol. 1 by J. Paterson]. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Mackerlie, Peter Handyside; Paterson, James; 1870-79. 5 vol.; 8 . 10369.bbb.28. Contributor Bio:  Paterson, James Jim Paterson is a lecturer in computing at Glasgow Caledonian University in the U. K. He specializes in web development and object-oriented software, and has a particular interest in using new tools in a teaching context. He has a Ph. D. in physics from Glasgow University, and worked previously as a research physicist and as a software engineer.