Detail View: Charting The Nation: CATHENESIA. / CAITHENESS. [3 of 3]
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Work Record ID:
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0042338
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Shelfmark:
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WD.3.B/40
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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CATHENESIA. / CAITHENESS.
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Imprint:
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[Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1654]
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Creator:
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Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
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Creator Role:
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Publisher
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Creator:
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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Date:
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1654
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Description:
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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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Work Type:
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Printed map/plan
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Measurement:
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50.7 x 36.5cm (1' 7 15/16" x 1' 2 3/8")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Caithness
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Place:
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Sutherland
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Reference:
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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:
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Joannis Blaeu, Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars quinta. Amstelaedami: Ioannem Blaeu, M DC LIV.
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative JPEG
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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44878552
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Repro Title:
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CATHENESIA. / CAITHENESS. [3 of 3]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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5608 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042338c-0002.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000474
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Repro Description:
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Text to verso (left)
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Repro Capture Date:
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30/05/2000
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