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Charting The Nation
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
CATHENESIA. / CAITHENESS.
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CATHENESIA. / CAITHENESS.
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[Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1654]
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Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Date:
1654
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The map covers the county of Caithness together with a very small part of eastern Sutherland. West is at the top to enable all of Caithness to be fitted on to a rectangular page. The extent of surface water as shown on the map is exaggerated, as tended to happen during copying from manuscript draft to engraving. The neat plan of Wick is in contrast to Thurso, where the engraver is constrained by his depiction of the coastline. The map was compiled from observation on the ground by Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. It was engraved in Amsterdam, for publication in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, first published in 1654.
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The map covers the county of Caithness together with a very small part of eastern Sutherland. West is at the top to enable all of Caithness to be fitted on to a rectangular page. The extent of surface water as shown on the map is exaggerated, as tended to happen during copying from manuscript draft to engraving. The neat plan of Wick is in contrast to Thurso, where the engraver is constrained by his depiction of the coastline. The map was compiled from observation on the ground by Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. It was engraved in Amsterdam, for publication in Blaeu's Atlas Novus, first published in 1654.
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50.7 x 36.5cm (1' 7 15/16" x 1' 2 3/8")
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50.7 x 36.5cm (1' 7 15/16" x 1' 2 3/8")
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Hand coloured
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Caithness
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Caithness
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Scotland
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Scotland
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Sutherland
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Reference:
Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, 1970, pp.97-109.
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Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles, 1579-1850, [v.1:] 1579-1703, 1970, pp.97-109.
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Related Work Title:
Joannis Blaeu, Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars quinta. Amstelaedami: Ioannem Blaeu, M DC LIV.
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Joannis Blaeu, Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars quinta. Amstelaedami: Ioannem Blaeu, M DC LIV.
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Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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