MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042290
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 25)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross.
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1640
Description:
A small scale map covering northeast Scotland from Brechin to the Moray Firth coast and extending west across Scotland to the head of Loch Linnhe, Loch Arkaig and Loch Quoich. The map appears to be an unfinished draft originally intended as a final draft, perhaps for an engraver, judging by the embellishments. There is a hint in the lower left corner of the map where work is crossed out, that it may have been found wanting in some respect and hence abandoned. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), in 1640. 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:
67.5 x 52.2cm (2' 2 9/16" x 1' 8 9/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Aberdeenshire
Subject Place:
Banffshire
Subject Place:
Kincardineshire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.586.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
5914310
Repro Title:
Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross. [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
4604 x 4208
Repro ID Number:
0042290c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000357
Repro Description:
Printed label to verso.
Repro Capture Date:
17/05/2000

Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross. [2 of 2]

Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross. [2 of 2]