MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042336
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/38
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
SOVTHERLANDIA
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 southwest Sutherland plus southern Strath Oykel and Strath Carron. The cartouche is incomplete, as it was one of the last maps to be engraved in Amsterdam for publication in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, first published in 1654. Not only are the coastlands around Dornoch, Golspie and Brora densely settled, but in contrast to today, the inland straths (Strath Carron, Strath Fleet, Strath Brora) are also well populated. The map was compiled from observation on the ground by Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
51.3 x 36.2cm (1' 8 3/16" x 1' 2 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Sutherland
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):
41800026
Repro Title:
SOVTHERLANDIA [3 of 3]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5608 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042336c-0002.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000468
Repro Description:
Text to verso (left)
Repro Capture Date:
30/05/2000

SOVTHERLANDIA [3 of 3]

SOVTHERLANDIA [3 of 3]