Detail View: Charting The Nation: The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail [2 of 3]
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Work Record ID:
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0042144
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 4)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail
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Creator:
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Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
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Creator Role:
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Mapmaker
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Creator:
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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Sibbald, Robert (b.1641, d.1722)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Date:
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1634-1655
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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72.3 x 49.5cm (2' 4 7/16" x 1' 7 1/2")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Pen and ink
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Subject Place:
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Aberdeen
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Subject Place:
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Ardgour
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Subject Place:
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Ben Nevis
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Subject Place:
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Loch Linnhe
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Subject Place:
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Loch Rannoch
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Subject Place:
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Loch Tay
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Place:
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Scotland - central
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Subject Place:
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Scotland - west
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Reference:
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Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.583.
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative JPEG
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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112687814
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Repro Notes:
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4, western half
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Repro Title:
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The West coast from Glen Elg to Knap-dail [2 of 3]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042144c-0001.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000187
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Repro Capture Date:
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02/05/2000
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