Detail View: Charting The Nation: GALLOVIDIAE Pars Media, quae Deam et Cream fluvios interjacet. [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042313
Shelfmark: 
WD.3.B/15
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
GALLOVIDIAE Pars Media, quae Deam et Cream fluvios interjacet.
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 most of Kirkcudbright except for the part to the east of the watershed of the River Dee, thus excluding Dalbeattie and parts of the Stewartry on the west bank of the Nith. The map is oriented with west at the top. The drainage pattern to the west of the River Dee is shown in great detail, although the engraver began to depict the River Dee on an erroneous course, north of Loch Stroan, an error which he did not correct. 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: 
52.8 x 41.1cm (1' 8 13/16" x 1' 4 3/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Galloway
Subject Place: 
Kirkcudbrightshire
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
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
97668382
Repro Title: 
GALLOVIDIAE Pars Media, quae Deam et Cream fluvios interjacet. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042313c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000413
Repro Description: 
Map
Repro Capture Date: 
23/05/2000