Detail View: Charting The Nation: A New and Exact map Of the River Clyde - [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042483
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Shelfmark:
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EMS.s.737(18)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A New and Exact map Of the River Clyde -
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Imprint:
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[s.l.] And now Publish'd for the Good of the Publick by Geo: Scott. [1731]
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Creator:
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Cooper, Richard (b.1696, d.1764)
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Creator:
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Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Scott, George (active Circa 1683-1752?)
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Creator Role:
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Publisher
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Creator:
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Campbell, John, Duke of Argyll (b.1680, d.1743)
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Creator Role:
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Dedicatee
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Date:
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1731
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Description:
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This 1731 map of the Clyde estuary is the first detailed chart of any section of the western seaboard to be published by a native Scotsman. It covers the river up to Rutherglen and includes the Kintyre peninsula, Arran, Renfrewshire, Loch Lomond and the Ayrshire coast. Note the detail of shoals, anchorages, soundings and other features up-river from the Cumbraes, which contrasts sharply with the Ayrshire coastline, shown as one long curve. This chart is clearly designed to help navigation to the upper Clyde ports. Hill symbols are distributed over the map with little relation to reality. The map is based on John Adair's manuscript surveys and was engraved in Edinburgh by Richard Cooper, who worked on several of Adair's county surveys.
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Work Type:
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Printed map/plan
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Measurement:
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69.2 x 48.9cm (2' 3 1/4" x 1' 7 1/4")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured in outline
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Subject Place:
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Arran, Island of
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Subject Place:
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Ayrshire
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Subject Place:
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Buteshire
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Subject Place:
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Clyde River
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Subject Place:
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Clyde River Valley
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Subject Place:
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Kintyre
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Subject Place:
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Loch Lomond
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Subject Place:
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Renfrewshire
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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Nautical charts
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Reference:
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Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.14.
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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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103813894
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Repro Title:
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A New and Exact map Of the River Clyde - [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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0042483c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000562
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Repro Capture Date:
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08/06/2000 09:45:00
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