Detail View: Charting The Nation: PRAEFECTURA RENFROANA Vulgo dicta BARONIA. [1 of 2]
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Work Record ID:
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0042325
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Shelfmark:
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WD.3.B/27
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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PRAEFECTURA RENFROANA Vulgo dicta BARONIA.
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Imprint:
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[Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1654]
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Creator:
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Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
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Creator Role:
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Publisher
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Creator:
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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Gordon, Robert (b.1588, d.1661)
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Creator Role:
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Mapmaker
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Date:
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1654
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Description:
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This map shows Renfrewshire, bounded by the River Clyde and the White Cart River in the east, and by the watershed boundary with Cunningham to the south. The map is remarkable for its very high rural settlement density and for the elaborate engraved devices to some locate places prominently, places such as Paisley and its Abbey adjacent. The map was engraved in Amsterdam from a manuscript draft prepared by Robert Gordon of Straloch, whose source was a late sixteenth century manuscript map by Timothy Pont which is now in the National Library of Scotland. The engraving was first published in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, in 1654. A blank cartouche and shield were prepared in anticipation of a dedication.
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Work Type:
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Printed map/plan
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Measurement:
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51.9 x 37.5cm (1' 8 7/16" x 1' 2 3/4")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Clyde River
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Subject Place:
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Renfrewshire
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Reference:
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Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, [v.1], 1970, pp.97-109.
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Related Work Title:
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Joannis Blaeu, Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars quinta. Amstelaedami: Ioannem Blaeu, M DC LIV.
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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41450702
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Repro Title:
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PRAEFECTURA RENFROANA Vulgo dicta BARONIA. [1 of 2]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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5680 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042325c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000435
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Repro Description:
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Text to verso (right)
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Repro Capture Date:
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25/05/2000
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