Detail View: Charting The Nation: Niths-dail [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042438
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 62)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Niths-dail
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Creator:
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Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
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Creator Role:
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Mapmaker
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Date:
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1644
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Description:
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This map of the catchment of the River Nith, together with a small part of southeast Kirkcudbright, was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) and is dated May 1644. Apart from southeast Kirkcudbright, the map derives from a manuscript map of Nithsdale by Timothy Pont now in the National Library of Scotland and compiled from observations on the ground in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. This is, however, a reduction of Pont's map, both in overall size and in content, omitting some of Pont's named features. Furthermore, it includes fewer named features than the map entitled NITHIA published by Blaeu in his 'Atlas Novus' of 1654, which also derives from the extant Pont map.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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28 x 28.3cm (11 x 11 1/8")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Pen and ink
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Subject Place:
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Dumfries
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Subject Place:
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Dumfriesshire
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Subject Place:
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Nithsdale
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Reference:
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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:
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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88220788
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Repro Notes:
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62
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Repro Title:
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Niths-dail [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042438c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000683
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Repro Capture Date:
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28/06/2000 14:00:00
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