{"product_id":"official-guide-glasgow-to-the-highlands","title":"Official Guide: Glasgow to the Highlands | David MacBrayne's Steamers c.1881","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"282\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eA scarce \u003cstrong data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"151\"\u003eOfficial Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"210\"\u003eSummer Tours in Scotland – Glasgow to the Highlands\u003c\/strong\u003e, produced for \u003cstrong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"255\"\u003eDavid MacBrayne's Steamers\u003c\/strong\u003e, dating to \u003cstrong data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"281\"\u003ecirca 1881\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"708\"\u003eThis attractive Victorian guidebook was issued to promote travel aboard David MacBrayne's famous fleet, including the steamers \u003cstrong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"422\"\u003eColumba\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"432\"\u003eIona\u003c\/strong\u003e, and others serving Scotland's west coast and Highlands. It contains sailing schedules, tourist routes, fares, maps, illustrations and descriptions of destinations including Oban, Inverness, Skye, Mull, Iona, Staffa, Glencoe, Loch Etive, Loch Lomond and the Caledonian Canal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"1055\"\u003eThe rear advertisement is dated \u003cstrong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"750\"\u003e1881\u003c\/strong\u003e, allowing the guide to be accurately attributed to that year. 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