Detail View: Charting The Nation: Coygach [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042219
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 13)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Coygach
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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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Sibbald, Robert (b.1641, d.1722)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Date:
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1630-1650
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Description:
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A manuscript map drawn by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) at an unknown date, from the manuscripts of Timothy Pont compiled in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. It is an unfinished map with little more than the coastline and a few westward flowing rivers, stretching from the River Kirkaig in the north to Loch Hourn in the south. Thirteen sea lochs are named, not all of them as they are known today, including Lochs Broom, Ewe, Gairloch, Torridon, Kishorn, Carron, Alsh, Long and Duich. Eilean Donan Castle is one of the few references to human habitation.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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19.7 x 31.5cm (7 3/4" x 1' 3/8")
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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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Coigach
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Subject Place:
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Inner Sound
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Subject Place:
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Ross and Cromarty
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Place:
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Scotland - west coast
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Subject Category:
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Coasts
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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.585.
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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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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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68795214
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Repro Notes:
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13
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Repro Title:
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Coygach [1 of 1]
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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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0042219c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000284
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Repro Capture Date:
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10/05/2000
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