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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 58)
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
A description of the province of the Merche.
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A description of the province of the Merche.
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Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Surveyor
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Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
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Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
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Mapmaker
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Date:
1634-1655
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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.
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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.
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28.2 x 26.8cm (11 1/8 x 10 9/16")
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Subject Place:
Berwick-upon-Tweed
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
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Berwickshire
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Berwickshire
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Melrose
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Melrose
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Roxburghshire
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Roxburghshire
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Scotland
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Scotland
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Scotland - southeast coast
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Scotland - southeast coast
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Selkirk
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Selkirk
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Selkirkshire
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Selkirkshire
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Tweed River
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Tweed River
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Tweeddale
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Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.591.
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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.591.
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Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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