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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042329
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/31
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
FIFAE PARS OCCIDENTALIS,
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
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Author
Date:
1654
Description:
The map shows southwest Fife, including all of the catchment of the River Leven but excluding the vicinity of Culross. It overlaps substantially with Fifae Pars Orientalis in the same Atlas. The towns of the south coast, from Leven to Inverkeithing, are given prominence, as is Loch Leven and Falkland Palace with its associated parkland. This map by Timothy Pont depicts a part of Fife some fifty years before the observations of the same ground by James Gordon for his map published in the same atlas. The two maps provide late-sixteenth century and mid-seventeenth century records. There are substantial differences in the places named. The map was engraved in Amsterdam, for publication in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, first published in 1654.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
52.1 x 40.3cm (1' 8 1/2" x 1' 3 7/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Fife
Subject Place:
Inverkeithing
Subject Place:
Kirkaldy
Subject Place:
Leven
Subject Place:
Loch Leven
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:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
44131130
Repro Title:
FIFAE PARS OCCIDENTALIS, [3 of 3]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5680 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042329c-0002.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000448
Repro Description:
Text to verso (left)
Repro Capture Date:
25/05/2000

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