MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042335
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/37
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
MORAVIA SCOTIAE provincia,
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:
Mapmaker
Date:
1654
Description:
A map of the lands around the Moray Firth, with the greatest detail in the counties of Moray, Nairn and the northeast of Inverness, but also including the Black Isle and a small part of Easter Ross north of the Cromarty Firth. The detail around the Loch of Spynie, north of Elgin, is of particular interest. The formal layout of the Bog Of Gight on the east bank of the Spey post-dates Pont's field work. The map was engraved in Amsterdam for Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus', first published in 1654. The engravers copied a draft by Robert Gordon of Straloch, who drew largely on an earlier manuscript map by Timothy Pont which survives in the National Library of Scotland.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
53.3 x 39.6cm (1' 9" x 1' 3 9/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Elgin Shire
Subject Place:
Findhorn River
Subject Place:
Forres
Subject Place:
Inverness
Subject Place:
Loch Spynie
Subject Place:
Moray Firth
Subject Place:
Morayshire
Subject Place:
Nairn Shire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Spey River
Subject Place:
Tain
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):
98208298
Repro Title:
MORAVIA SCOTIAE provincia, [2 of 3]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042335c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000464
Repro Description:
Map
Repro Capture Date:
29/05/2000

MORAVIA SCOTIAE provincia, [2 of 3]

MORAVIA SCOTIAE provincia, [2 of 3]