MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042141
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 1)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
[A Ptolemy style map of Roman England, including part of Ireland, and showing the eastward direction of the east coast of Scotland]
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Ptolemy, Claudius (b.Circa 2085)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1630-1655
Description:
A small scale map of England, with the east coast of Scotland and southeast Ireland. This map is copied from the second century AD outline and content of the British Isles recorded by Claudius Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer of Alexandria, an outline which oriented Scotland on an east-west alignment. The map names and locates coastal features, rivers, towns and tribal territories. The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), a chorographer who was known to be interested in the history of the Romans in Britain. The exact date of its compilation is not known.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
18.3 x 17cm (7 3/16 x 6 11/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Scotland - east coast
Subject Category:
British Isles
Reference:
Stone, Jeffrey C., 'Robert Gordon of Straloch',Project Pont Newsletter, no.3 (April 1998) pp.3-4.
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.583.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
62293126
Repro Notes:
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Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7063 x 5537
Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
00000181
Repro Capture Date:
02/05/2000

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