COLLECTION NAME:
              
                  Charting The Nation
                
                
              Record
                          
                      Work Record ID:
                    
                    
                        0042300
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Shelfmark:
                    
                    
                        WD.3.B
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Holding Institution:
                    
                    
                        National Library of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Title:
                    
                    
                        Scotia antiqua : qualis priscis temporibus, Romanis praesertim, cognita fuit quam in lucem eruere conabatur
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Imprint:
                    
                    
                        [Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1654]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Publisher
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Mapmaker
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Date:
                    
                    
                        1654
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Description:
                    
                    
                        Map of Scotland in Roman times with inset of Orkney and Shetland.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Work Type:
                    
                    
                        Printed map/plan
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Measurement:
                    
                    
                        52.5 x 39.8cm (1' 8 11/16" x 1' 3 11/16")
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Material:
                    
                    
                        Paper
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Technique:
                    
                    
                        Hand coloured in outline
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Category:
                    
                    
                        Historical geography
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Reference:
                    
                    
                        Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, 1970, pp.97-109.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Reference:
                    
                    
                        Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.1, 1973, p.171
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Related Work Title:
                    
                    
                        Joannis Blaeu, Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars quinta. Amstelaedami: Ioannem Blaeu, M DC LIV.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Related Work Notes:
                    
                    
                        Host Item
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Rights Statement:
                    
                    
                        © 2002 The National Library of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        Derivative JPEG
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        53192548
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Title:
                    
                    
                        Scotia antiqua : qualis priscis temporibus, Romanis praesertim, cognita fuit quam in lucem eruere conabatur [3 of 3]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        6192 x 7056
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro ID Number:
                    
                    
                        0042300c-0002.tif
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Old ID Number:
                    
                    
                        00000381
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Capture Date:
                    
                    
                        19/05/2000
                      
                      
                        
                      
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