Detail View: Charting The Nation: [Map of the River Avon] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042289
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 24)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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[Map of the River Avon]
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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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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Date:
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1634-1655
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Description:
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A manuscript map of Glen Avon and Strath Avon and Glenlivet, from the headwaters in Loch Avon and Loch Builg, north to Craggan, close to the confluence with the Spey; also a fragment of the catchment of the Nethy, as well as upper Strath Don and the Ladder Hills. There is much settlement detail in Strath Avon and Glenlivet, where later alterations to the detail occur. The map is the surviving remnant of what was once a larger draft. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), 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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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25 x 20cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8")
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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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Aberdeenshire
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Subject Place:
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Banffshire
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Subject Place:
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Glen Avon
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Subject Place:
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Glenlivet
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Subject Place:
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Loch Avon
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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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.586.
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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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54765998
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Repro Title:
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[Map of the River Avon] [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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5712 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042289c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000355
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Repro Capture Date:
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17/05/2000
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