Detail View: Charting The Nation: The Mappe of Orkney with the harbours and Islands. [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042487
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Shelfmark:
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Adv.MS.70.2.11 (Adair 1)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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The Mappe of Orkney with the harbours and Islands.
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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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Mapmaker
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Creator:
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Collins, Greenvile (active 1669-1698)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Date:
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1682
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Description:
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A manuscript map of the Orkney Islands oriented with west to the top of the sheet and identifying the major islands, harbours and anchorages. Dated 1682, this map was drawn by the Scots cartographer John Adair, but it does not seem to have been based on his own surveys. It is a much less detailed copy of the chart 'The Islands of Orkney' from Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot by Greenvile Collins, first published in London in 1693. Unlike the chart by Collins, Adair's map has no soundings and far fewer names. Unlike the chart by Collins, Adair's map has no soundings and far fewer names. Collins is known to have begun surveying these waters in 1685 and the dating of this manuscript should be treated with caution. Adair was to survey the Orkneys in 1698.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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64 x 46cm (2' 1 3/16" x 1' 6 1/8")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Orkney
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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, pp.591-592.
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Cropped Tiff
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90805822
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Repro Notes:
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1
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Repro Title:
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The Mappe of Orkney with the harbours and Islands. [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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0042487c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00001005
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Repro Capture Date:
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04/08/2000 09:49:00
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