Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Display of the Coasting Lines of six several maps of North Britain [Adair, Moll, Gordon of Straloch, Senex, Inselin, Sanson] [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042675
Shelfmark: 
EMS.b.6.5(1)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
A Display of the Coasting Lines of six several maps of North Britain [Adair, Moll, Gordon of Straloch, Senex, Inselin, Sanson]
Imprint: 
London : Cowley, 1734.
Creator: 
Murray, Alexander, Sir (b.1743)
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Cowley, John (active 1733-1745)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1734
Description: 
John Cowley drafted this map 'Display of the coasting lines of six maps of North Britain' in 1734. It was published in 'The True Interest of Great Britain' by Sir Alexander Murray in 1740 with an explanatory note by Cowley. Cowley, who had surveyed Ardnamurchan for Alexander Murray, realised the inaccuracies of the existing maps of Scotland. Murray encouraged him to attempt an accurate map of Scotland based on maps by Adair, Moll, Gordon of Straloch, Senex, Inselin and Sanson. He reduced the earlier maps to the same scale and superimposed them upon one outline. He concluded that Adair's coastal outline (1688) was the most accurate, but for detail inland Pont's work, as printed in Blaeu's Atlas (1654), was more reliable.
Work Type: 
Printed map/plan
Measurement: 
48.8 x 60.8cm (1' 7 3/16" x 1' 11 15/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Uncoloured
Subject Place: 
Orkney
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
Scotland - coasts
Reference: 
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.1, 1973, p.183.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
113568492
Repro Title: 
A Display of the Coasting Lines of six several maps of North Britain [Adair, Moll, Gordon of Straloch, Senex, Inselin, Sanson] [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042675c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000982
Repro Capture Date: 
31/07/2000 16:21:00