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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
Les Isles Orcadney, ou Orkney ; Schetland, ou Hetland ; et de Fero, ou Farre, tirées de divers memoirs
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Les Isles Orcadney, ou Orkney ; Schetland, ou Hetland ; et de Fero, ou Farre, tirées de divers memoirs
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Paris : Pierre Mariette, 1665.
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Paris : Pierre Mariette, 1665.
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Sanson, Nicolas (b.1600, d.1667)
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Mapmaker
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Mariette, Pierre (b.1634, d.1716)
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1665
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This is one of a series of maps of Scotland printed in Paris in 1665 and produced by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, geographer to King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715). It is based on a map in Blaeu's Atlas Major of 1662. The title cartouche is highly decorative in a typically French baroque style. On either side two cherubs are shown fishing with rods. Below them, two mermen pull up weighted nets full of fish, the nets forming the outline of the cartouche itself. Decorative elements on the printed maps are a reminder that many of the more ornamental maps were produced as collectors' items for wealthy educated people rather than as functional maps for travellers.
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This is one of a series of maps of Scotland printed in Paris in 1665 and produced by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, geographer to King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715). It is based on a map in Blaeu's Atlas Major of 1662. The title cartouche is highly decorative in a typically French baroque style. On either side two cherubs are shown fishing with rods. Below them, two mermen pull up weighted nets full of fish, the nets forming the outline of the cartouche itself. Decorative elements on the printed maps are a reminder that many of the more ornamental maps were produced as collectors' items for wealthy educated people rather than as functional maps for travellers.
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Hand coloured
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Orkney
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Orkney
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Scotland
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Scotland
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Shetland
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Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.1, 1973, p.172.
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Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.1, 1973, p.172.
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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