Detail View: Charting The Nation: [A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [3 of 4]
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Work Record ID:
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0042146
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 6)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed]
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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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Date:
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1633-1655
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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66.5 x 53.8cm (2' 2 3/16" x 1' 9 3/16")
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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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Dee River
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Subject Place:
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Don River
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Subject Place:
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Dundee
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Subject Place:
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East Lothian
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Subject Place:
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Edinburgh
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Subject Place:
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Fife
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Subject Place:
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Forth, Firth of
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Subject Place:
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Glasgow
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Subject Place:
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Loch Lomond
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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 - east
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Subject Place:
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Tay River
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Subject Place:
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Tweed River
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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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107334598
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Repro Notes:
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6, eastern half
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Repro Title:
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[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [3 of 4]
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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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0042146c-0002.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000195
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Repro Capture Date:
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02/05/2000
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