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'''John Adair''' (c. 1655 - [[1722]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]] and [[mapmaker]], noted for the excellence of his maps. |
'''John Adair''' (c. 1655 - [[1722]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]] and [[mapmaker]], noted for the excellence of his maps. |
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John Adair (c. 1655 - 1722) was a Scottish surveyor and mapmaker, noted for the excellence of his maps.
He first came to public notice in 1683, with a prospectus published in Edinburgh for a "Scottish Atlas" stating that the Privy Council of Scotland had engaged Adair, a "mathematician and skilfull mechanick", to survey the shires of Scotland. He surveyed the coast of Scotland from 1686, and was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1688. The only part of the coastal survey appeared in 1703.