MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042324
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/26
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
GLOTTIANA PRAEFECTVRA SVPERIOR.
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 is the companion map to Glottiana Praefectvra Inferior, which it overlaps. It shows the catchment of the upper Clyde above the town of Lanark, that is, the southeast part of Lanarkshire. Even in the upper reaches of the Clyde, small rural settlements were evidently numerous, but towns such as Biggar and castles such as Crawford and Douglas are prominent. The site of Lanark is indicated by cartographic signs but the name was omitted by the engraver. The manuscript draft by Timothy Pont, which was the source of this map, was sent to Amsterdam but was returned to Scotland and is now in the National Library of Scotland. The engraving was first published in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, in 1654.
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:
Biggar
Subject Place:
Clyde River
Subject Place:
Clydesdale
Subject Place:
Crawford
Subject Place:
Lanarkshire
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):
90672816
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042324c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000434
Repro Capture Date:
25/05/2000

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