COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042437
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 61)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
[A map of the coast from Loch Ryan nearly to the head of Solway]
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1634-1654
Description:
An incomplete map of Dumfries and Galloway, compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. Most of the detail is in the western half of the map, that is, west of Kenmure. The source of the compilation was the observations on the ground of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. Many of the idiosyncrasies of the coastal outline can also be seen in a map entitled GALLOVIDIA published in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in his 'Atlas Novus' of 1654 and credited to Pont.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
38 x 18.3cm (1' 2 15/16" x 7 3/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Annan
Subject Place:
Dumfries
Subject Place:
Dumfriesshire
Subject Place:
Galloway
Subject Place:
Kirkcudbrightshire
Subject Place:
Kirkudbright
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Solway Firth
Subject Place:
Wigtownshire
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):
70129738
Repro Notes:
61
Repro Title:
[A map of the coast from Loch Ryan nearly to the head of Solway] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042437c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000682
Repro Capture Date:
28/06/2000 13:41:00