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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042434
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 58)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A description of the province of the Merche.
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 eastern part of the Borders, bounded by the River Tweed from Selkirk to Berwick-upon-Tweed in the south and by the Lammermuir in the north. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The source of the compilation was the observations of the surveyor Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. More detailed coverage by the Pont of the same area can be found in a map entitled THE MERCE published in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in his famous 'Atlas Novus' of 1654, although there are some place-names located on the Gordon manuscript map which do not appear on the engraving.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
28.2 x 26.8cm (11 1/8 x 10 9/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Subject Place:
Berwickshire
Subject Place:
Melrose
Subject Place:
Roxburghshire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Scotland - southeast coast
Subject Place:
Selkirk
Subject Place:
Selkirkshire
Subject Place:
Tweed River
Subject Place:
Tweeddale
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.591.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
88482210
Repro Notes:
58
Repro Title:
A description of the province of the Merche. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042434c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000679
Repro Capture Date:
28/06/2000 11:33:00

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