Work Record ID:
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0042305
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Shelfmark:
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WD.3.B/7
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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MERCIA Vulgo VICECOMITATVS BERVICENSIS
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Imprint:
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[Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1654]
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Creator:
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Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
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Creator Role:
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Publisher
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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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1654
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Description:
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A map showing most of Berwickshire, from the Lammermuirs in the north, to the River Tweed in the south and the Leader Water in the west, including the catchments of the Whiteadder and Blackadder Waters, together with small parts of Roxburgh and East Lothian. The map provides a unique record of the densely populated lower Tweed, with many churches, mills and castles. The depiction of a routeway is particularly unusual on maps of this time. The map was compiled from observation on the ground by Timothy Pont in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. It was one of the first such drafts by Pont to be engraved in Amsterdam, for publication in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, first published in 1654.
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Work Type:
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Printed map/plan
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Measurement:
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47.8 x 36.2cm (1' 6 13/16" x 1' 2 1/4")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Berwickshire
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Subject Place:
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Roxburghshire
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Place:
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Tweed River
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Reference:
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Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, [v.1], 1970, pp.97-109.
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Related Work Title:
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Joannis Blaeu, Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars quinta. Amstelaedami: Ioannem Blaeu, M DC LIV.
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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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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36984314
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Repro Title:
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MERCIA Vulgo VICECOMITATVS BERVICENSIS [1 of 2]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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5680 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042305c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000392
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Repro Description:
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Text to verso (right)
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Repro Capture Date:
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19/05/2000
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