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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042312
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/14
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
GALLOVIDIAE Pars Occidentalior, in qua VICECOMITATUS VICTONIENSIS cum Regalitate Glenlucensi
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:
The map covers the entire county of Wigtownshire plus a very small part of southwest Ayrshire, at larger scales than the cover of the same area on Blaeu's GALLOVIDIA. The engraving of the English translation of the title outside the cartouche is an unusual feature. The settlements of the Mull of Galloway and of the south of Wigtownshire are depicted in great detail. Dunskey Castle on the west shore of the Mull is particularly prominent. The map was compiled from observation on the ground by Timothy Pont in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. It was engraved in Amsterdam, for publication in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, first published in 1654.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
51.3 x 40.1cm (1' 8 3/16" x 1' 3 13/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Galloway
Subject Place:
Glenluce
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Wigtown
Subject Place:
Wigtownshire
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:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
38872640
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5680 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042312c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000410
Repro Description:
Text to verso (right)
Repro Capture Date:
23/05/2000

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