Detail View: Charting The Nation: The draught of Edera Cheules, lying betuix Strath-Navern and Assyin [2 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042217
Shelfmark: 
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 11)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
The draught of Edera Cheules, lying betuix Strath-Navern and Assyin
Creator: 
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Creator: 
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1636
Description: 
A map of Eddrachillis, from the southern shore of Loch Achairn Bhain, north as far as Strath Shinary and inland as far as Saval Beg, Saval More and the west end of Loch Shin. The map was drawn by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) in 1636 and is a close copy of a less legible map which is extant in the National Library of Scotland and was compiled by Timothy Pont in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. The diagrammatic outline of Loch Crocach and the text adjacent demonstrates that Pont drew features in accordance with verbal descriptions, rather than personal observation, a practice which was evidently acceptable to Robert Gordon.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
31 x 10.9cm (1' 3/16" x 4 5/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Eddrachillis Bay
Subject Place: 
Loch Laxford
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
Sutherland
Reference: 
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.584.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes): 
66288258
Repro Notes: 
11
Repro Title: 
The draught of Edera Cheules, lying betuix Strath-Navern and Assyin [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
6304 x 6048
Repro ID Number: 
0042217c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000282
Repro Capture Date: 
10/05/2000