MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042146
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 6)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed]
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1633-1655
Description:
A large map of the eastern lowlands of Scotland from the River Don in Aberdeenshire to the Borders, but also stretching westwards to the coast between Loch Leven and Loch Craignish. In the west, only the coastline appears. In central Scotland, little more than the main drainage lines are depicted but in the east, there is much detail of the Borders, the Lothians, Fife, parts of the Tay catchment and the River Dee. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
66.5 x 53.8cm (2' 2 3/16" x 1' 9 3/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Aberdeen
Subject Place:
Dee River
Subject Place:
Don River
Subject Place:
Dundee
Subject Place:
East Lothian
Subject Place:
Edinburgh
Subject Place:
Fife
Subject Place:
Forth, Firth of
Subject Place:
Glasgow
Subject Place:
Loch Lomond
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Scotland - central
Subject Place:
Scotland - east
Subject Place:
Tay River
Subject Place:
Tweed River
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:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
107911244
Repro Notes:
6, western half
Repro Title:
[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [2 of 4]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042146c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000194
Repro Capture Date:
02/05/2000

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