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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042222
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 16)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A draught of the Firths of Tayne, Cromartie, & Inverness, wt ye true distances as yey do ly.
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Gordon, James (b.1615?, d.1686)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1634-1660
Description:
A map of the coastline of southeast Sutherland and Easter Ross, from Dunrobin Castle in the north to the southern shore of the Moray Firth in the south, including Dornoch and Cromarty Firths. Only a small number of locations are named, mainly the more prominent places. The northern part of the map closely resembles Gordon 10 (image 00000280). It has been amended, possibly by a second author, at the head of the Beauly Firth. The map was compiled by either Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) or his son James, 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.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
29.8 x 12.5cm (11 3/4 x 4 15/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Beauly Firth
Subject Place:
Cromarty Firth
Subject Place:
Dornoch Firth
Subject Place:
Easter Ross
Subject Place:
Inverness-shire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Sutherland
Subject Category:
Coasts
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.585.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
91828768
Repro Notes:
16
Repro Title:
A draught of the Firths of Tayne, Cromartie, & Inverness, wt ye true distances as yey do ly. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042222c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000287
Repro Capture Date:
10/05/2000

A draught of the Firths of Tayne, Cromartie, & Inverness, wt ye true distances as yey do l...

A draught of the Firths of Tayne, Cromartie, & Inverness, wt ye true distances as yey do ly. [1 of 1]