Detail View: Charting The Nation: Fyff. Shire MDCXLII [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042429
Shelfmark: 
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 53)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Fyff. Shire MDCXLII
Creator: 
Gordon, James (b.1615?, d.1686)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1642
Description: 
A map of Fife, together with plans of the towns of St Andrews and Cupar. The map is very detailed, with more than eleven hundred place-names. The map was compiled by James Gordon of Rothiemay (1617-1686), son of Robert Gordon of Straloch and is dated 1642, the year when James Gordon was requested by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to compile a new survey of Fife. The manuscript is probably a duplicate of a draft compiled from Gordon's observations and sent to Amsterdam for engraving under the title of Fifae Vicecomitatus, before publication in Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus' of 1654. There are a number of small differences between the place-names of the printed map and of this manuscript.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
51.9 x 40cm (1' 8 7/16" x 1' 3 3/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Cupar
Subject Place: 
Edinburgh
Subject Place: 
Fife
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
St. Andrews
Reference: 
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.590.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
105401482
Repro Notes: 
53
Repro Title: 
Fyff. Shire MDCXLII [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042429c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000999
Repro Capture Date: 
03/08/2000 11:37:00