MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042142
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 2)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
[A map of Scotland, north of Glenmore in detail, and an outline of the east coast to Dunbar,
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1634-1655
Description:
A small scale map of the north of Scotland with appropriate detail north of the Great Glen (apart from Tarbert Ness) and on the Moray Firth coastlands. Elsewhere, little more than the main drainage lines are shown. The coastline of Sutherland and the Moray Firth conforms to the revised orientations which emerged from the late sixteenth century observations of Timothy Pont and from the later compilations of Robert Gordon. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. Whilst it has many similarities with his Extima Scotiae, published by Blaeu in 1654, the depiction of Knoydart, Moydart and Morven differs, which may explain why it was set aside.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
33 x 30.9cm (1' 1" x 1' 3/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Scotland - east coast
Subject Place:
Scotland - north
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):
96955910
Repro Notes:
2
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
6624 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042142c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000182
Repro Capture Date:
02/05/2000

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