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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042305
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/7
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
MERCIA Vulgo VICECOMITATVS BERVICENSIS
Imprint:
[Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1654]
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
Creator Role:
Publisher
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1654
Description:
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.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
47.8 x 36.2cm (1' 6 13/16" x 1' 2 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Berwickshire
Subject Place:
Roxburghshire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Tweed River
Reference:
Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, [v.1], 1970, pp.97-109.
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
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
83945598
Repro Title:
MERCIA Vulgo VICECOMITATVS BERVICENSIS [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042305c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000393
Repro Description:
Map
Repro Capture Date:
19/05/2000

MERCIA Vulgo VICECOMITATVS BERVICENSIS [2 of 2]

MERCIA Vulgo VICECOMITATVS BERVICENSIS [2 of 2]