MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042401
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 37)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Lochabre Glencooen
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1634-1655
Description:
A map of Lochaber, from Loch Lochy and the River Spean, southwest to Loch Linnhe, Loch Leven and Glen Coe. Much of the content is of hills, trees and rivers drawn diagrammatically, except that Ben Nevis is given prominence. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century, although a map by Pont, covering a part of Gordon's map and now in the National Library of Scotland, shows many differences.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
35 x 37.5cm (1' 1 3/4" x 1' 2 3/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Glen Coe
Subject Place:
Inverness-shire
Subject Place:
Loch Linnhe
Subject Place:
Loch Lochy
Subject Place:
Lochaber
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.588.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
86441730
Repro Title:
Lochabre Glencooen [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042401c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000556
Repro Capture Date:
07/06/2000 15:18:00

Lochabre Glencooen [2 of 2]

Lochabre Glencooen [2 of 2]