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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042310
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/12
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
NITHIA VICECOMITATUS. The Shirifdome of NIDIS-DAIL
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:
This map was first published in Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus', in 1654. It was engraved in Amsterdam from a manuscript draft by Timothy Pont, which was returned to Scotland and is now in the National Library of Scotland. The area covered on this map is bounded by the watershed of the River Nith, thus showing all of Nithsdale from Dalmellington to the Solway Firth. It is oriented with west at the top. The detail of a dense distribution of rural settlement is evident, particularly along the Shinnel Water and the River Cairn, both west-bank tributaries of the Nith. Criffel was omitted by the engravers but the bridge over the Nith at Dumfries is shown.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
51.9 x 37.3cm (1' 8 7/16" x 1' 2 11/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Dumfriesshire
Subject Place:
Nithsdale
Subject Place:
Scotland
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
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Repro File Size (bytes):
40553334
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5680 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
00000406
Repro Description:
Text to verso (left)
Repro Capture Date:
23/05/2000

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