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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042211
Shelfmark:
EMS.s.214
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Les Isles Orcadney, ou Orkney ; Schetland, ou Hetland ; et de Fero, ou Farre, tirées de divers memoirs
Imprint:
Paris : Pierre Mariette, 1665.
Creator:
Sanson, Nicolas (b.1600, d.1667)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Mariette, Pierre (b.1634, d.1716)
Creator Role:
Publisher
Date:
1665
Description:
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.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
52.3 x 40.5cm (1' 8 9/16" x 1' 3 15/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Orkney
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Shetland
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.1, 1973, p.172.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
116965452
Repro Title:
Les Isles Orcadney, ou Orkney ; Schetland, ou Hetland ; et de Fero, ou Farre, tirées de divers memoirs [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042211c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000989
Repro Capture Date:
01/08/2000

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