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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042337
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/39
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
STRATH-NAVERNIA. / STRATH-NAVERN.
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 covers much more than Strath Naver. It shows the north coast of Sutherland and its hinterland straths, from Strath Halladale to the Kyle of Durness. The map is unusual in including some of the descriptions which appeared on the manuscript source map. For example, Loch Eriboll has 'A holl of 180 fathoms deep'. Information inland is sparse, by comparison with the detail on the coast. The manuscript draft source of this map was compiled by Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. It 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:
48.6 x 39.8cm (1' 7 1/8" x 1' 3 11/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Strath Naver
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):
40825778
Repro Title:
STRATH-NAVERNIA. / STRATH-NAVERN. [3 of 3]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5608 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042337c-0002.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000471
Repro Description:
Text to verso (left)
Repro Capture Date:
30/05/2000

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