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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042403
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 39)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Cantyre
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 the Mull of Kintyre to the south of Tarbert and of the island of Gigha. It was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The sole source of the compilation is the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. This is evident from the comparison of Gordon's neat manuscript map with Blaeu's engraved map of Cantyra, published in his Atlas Novus in 1654 and clearly credited to Pont by the engraver. Both Gordon's and Blaeu's maps derive from the same source by Pont, but Gordon's map is slightly inferior in respect of numbers of place-names.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
12.2 x 22cm (4 13/16 x 8 11/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Argyll and Bute
Subject Place:
Gigha, Island of
Subject Place:
Kintyre
Subject Place:
Mull of Kintyre
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:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
62836382
Repro Notes:
39
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7104 x 6037
Repro ID Number:
0042403c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000558
Repro Capture Date:
07/06/2000 16:15:00

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