Detail View: Charting The Nation: Anguss [2 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042405
Shelfmark: 
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 41)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Anguss
Creator: 
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1634-1655
Description: 
A map compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) sometime after 1633. It shows the Firth of Tay and Angus, including Edzell, Fofar and Arbroath in the east, and stretches west into Perthshire. Detail is very sparse and the map appears to be unfinished. A map by Timothy Pont, compiled in the last two decades of the sixteenth century and now in the National Library of Scotland, covers Angus in much greater detail, but differences suggest that Pont's map was not the source used by Gordon. The Pont map was mislaid in the seventeenth century and Gordon's map may represent the beginnings of his attempt to make good the loss.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
57.7 x 39cm (1' 10 11/16" x 1' 3 3/8")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Angus
Subject Place: 
Dundee
Subject Place: 
Fife
Subject Place: 
Firth of Tay
Subject Place: 
Loch Tay
Subject Place: 
Perthshire
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
St. Andrews
Subject Place: 
Tay River
Reference: 
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.589.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes): 
88380878
Repro Notes: 
41v
Repro Title: 
Anguss [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042405c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000663
Repro Capture Date: 
27/06/2000 10:05:00