Detail View: Charting The Nation: LEOGVS et HARIA, insulae ex Aebudarum numero, quae , quamquam isthmo cohaereant, pro diversis habentur. [3 of 3]
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Work Record ID:
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0042346
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Shelfmark:
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WD.3.B/48
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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LEOGVS et HARIA, insulae ex Aebudarum numero, quae , quamquam isthmo cohaereant, pro diversis habentur.
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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 shows the island of Lewis and Harris, together with the Flannan Islands, the Shiant Islands and the islands of the Sound of Harris. The map is oriented with west at the top. The map has the east-west orientation of the north coastline of Lewis which is characteristic of the reformed outline of Scotland initiated by the mapping of Timothy Pont. Whilst many place names are identifiable today, the depiction of the coastline and of the sea lochs is not accurate. 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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51 x 37.5cm (1' 8 1/16" x 1' 2 3/4")
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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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Harris, Island of
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Subject Place:
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Lewis with Harris Island
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Place:
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Western Isles
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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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120563654
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Repro Title:
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LEOGVS et HARIA, insulae ex Aebudarum numero, quae , quamquam isthmo cohaereant, pro diversis habentur. [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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0042346c-0002.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000493
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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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01/06/2000
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