Early Twentieth Century GlobeHighland Museum of Childhood This globe provides an insight into the colonial geography of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At its height in 1922, the British empire covered around a quarter of the Earth’s surface,...
Bed & Breakfast SignGairloch Museum Gairloch has been an important tourist destination since the late 1800s. Queen Victoria visited the area in 1877, staying at the Loch Maree Hotel. She wrote very favourably in her diary about her visit and the beauty of the...
Korean Bible Seaboard Centre This Bible, written in Korean, is a modern-day example of John Ross’s translation of the Christian Bible. In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to Northeast China, where he founded...
Korean Porcelain Vase Seaboard Centre In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to northeast China, where he founded the Dongguan Church in Shenyang and became acquainted with traders from Korea. John Ross is a very...
South Korean Map Seaboard Centre This map of Pyongan Province in South Korea dates back to the early 1800s. It is part of the Seaboard Centre collection because of long-standing connections between the area of Easter Ross and Christians in present-day South Korea. ...
