Detail View: Charting The Nation: ARANIA / Insula in aestuario Glottae [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042321
Shelfmark: 
WD.3.B/23
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
ARANIA / Insula in aestuario Glottae
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 shows Arran, with the adjacent coasts of Kintyre and Bute. It also shows Ailsa Craig which necessitates the orientation with west at the top. Dense settlement all around the coasts is evident, with only Brodick Castle depicted with any prominence. The more mountainous north of Arran is clearly indicated in the perspective drawings. 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: 
50.8 x 37.5cm (1' 8" x 1' 2 3/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Ailsa Craig
Subject Place: 
Arran, Island of
Subject Place: 
Buteshire
Subject Place: 
Firth of Clyde
Subject Place: 
Kintyre
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Reference: 
Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, 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): 
41524014
Repro Title: 
ARANIA / Insula in aestuario Glottae [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
5680 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042321c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000427
Repro Description: 
Text to verso (right)
Repro Capture Date: 
24/05/2000