Detail View: Charting The Nation: Cantyre [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042403
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 39)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Cantyre
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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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Creator:
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Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
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Creator Role:
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Mapmaker
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Date:
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1634-1655
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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12.2 x 22cm (4 13/16 x 8 11/16")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Pen and ink
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Subject Place:
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Argyll and Bute
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Subject Place:
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Gigha, Island of
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Subject Place:
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Kintyre
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Subject Place:
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Mull of Kintyre
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Reference:
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Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.588.
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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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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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62836382
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Repro Notes:
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39
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Repro Title:
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Cantyre [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7104 x 6037
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Repro ID Number:
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0042403c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000558
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Repro Capture Date:
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07/06/2000 16:15:00
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