MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042340
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/42
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
IVRA INSVLA
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 the island of Jura and also Colonsay, locating them by also including adjacent parts of Knapdale on the mainland to the east, the Ross of Mull to the north and Islay to the south. The coastal outline of Jura is foreshortened and Loch Tarbert is disproportionately wide. Settlement is confined almost entirely to the east coast of the island. 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.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
50.8 x 39.3cm (1' 8" x 1' 3 1/2")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Argyll and Bute
Subject Place:
Colonsay, Island of
Subject Place:
Jura, Island of
Subject Place:
Scotland
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):
90784920
Repro Title:
IVRA INSVLA [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042340c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000479
Repro Description:
Map
Repro Capture Date:
30/05/2000

IVRA INSVLA [2 of 2]

IVRA INSVLA [2 of 2]