MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042144
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 4)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Sibbald, Robert (b.1641, d.1722)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1634-1655
Description:
An uncompleted draft manuscript map compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The map is bounded by Jura and Skye in the west, and the Moray Firth and the Firth of Tay in the east. Within the coastline, much of the map is blank, containing only the main drainage lines. There is some detail, however, between the upper Spey and Loch Tay, and west into Knoydart, Morven and Lochaber. The perspective drawings of hills and the tree signs are diagrammatically drawn in lines. The alignment of the Great Glen is notably more accurate than on Gordon 3 (see images 00000183-00000185). Credit is given in an inscription to the surveyor Timothy Pont, as a source for part of the compilation.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
72.3 x 49.5cm (2' 4 7/16" x 1' 7 1/2")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Aberdeen
Subject Place:
Ardgour
Subject Place:
Ben Nevis
Subject Place:
Loch Linnhe
Subject Place:
Loch Rannoch
Subject Place:
Loch Tay
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Scotland - central
Subject Place:
Scotland - west
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):
94994054
Repro Notes:
4
Repro Title:
The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail [1 of 3]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042144c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000186
Repro Description:
Whole map.
Repro Capture Date:
02/05/2000

The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail [1 of 3]

The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail [1 of 3]