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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042345
Shelfmark:
WD.3.B/47
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
VISTVS INSVLA vulgo VIIST, cum aliis minoribus EX AEBVDARVM NVMERO ei ad meridiem adjacentibus.
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 two parts of the map show the Outer Hebrides south of the sound of Harris, including the Uists and Benbecula shown as one island on the larger part, with Eriskay, Barra, Vatersay, Pabay, Mingulay and Berneray on the smaller part. The map is oriented with west at the top. Many of the smaller islands are shown as inhabited, even Berneray in the extreme south, whilst many of the sea lochs and also the inland lochs are depicted diagrammatically. 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:
56.4 x 43.5cm (1' 10 3/16" x 1' 5 1/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Barra, Island of
Subject Place:
Outer Hebrides
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Uist
Subject Place:
Western Isles
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:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
120224198
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5608 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042345c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000488
Repro Description:
Text to verso (right)
Repro Capture Date:
01/06/2000

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