Detail View: Charting The Nation: Part of Birss. [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042293
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 29)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Part of Birss.
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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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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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1634-1655
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Description:
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A map of a part of mid-Deeside, showing the country east of Aboyne, around Lumphanan and Torphins. On the northern edge of the map, scale is foreshortened by including Bennachie. The most prominent feature is the 'Loch of Achlossin', formerly located near the present day farm of Auchlosson, but no longer existent. 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, with the possibility of original additions by Gordon.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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20.3 x 15.2cm (8 x 6")
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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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Deeside
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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.587.
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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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44659246
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Repro Title:
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Part of Birss. [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 4512
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Repro ID Number:
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0042293c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000361
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Repro Capture Date:
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17/05/2000
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