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Title:
A mapp of ye Orkney Islands & Harbours work_title A mapp of ye Orkney Islands & Harbours Title false
Creator:
Sibbald, Robert (b.1641, d.1722) work_creator_details Sibbald, Robert (b.1641, d.1722) Creator false
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Mapmaker work_creator_role Mapmaker Creator Role false
Creator:
Monteith, Robert (active 1633-1713) work_creator_details Monteith, Robert (active 1633-1713) Creator false
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Creator:
Edwards, Robert (active 1700-1711) work_creator_details Edwards, Robert (active 1700-1711) Creator false
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Date:
1711 work_display_date 1711 Date false
Description:
This map of the Orkney Islands comes from a book on Orkney and Shetland by Robert Monteith, written in 1633 but published by Sir Robert Sibbald in 1711. The maps appear to have been produced by Sibbald based on information from local people. The marginal drawings of antiquities, such as the Dwarfie stone, a Neolithic burial chamber on Hoy, reflect the antiquarian interests of Sibbald. The latitude and longitude, although not exact, are also marked, indicating the development of scientific accuracy. The engraving of the map includes many conventional features such as the 'shot-silk' effect of the shading of the sea. There is also an exuberance, shown for example in the rougher seas around the ships to the northwest. work_description This map of the Orkney Islands comes from a book on Orkney and Shetland by Robert Monteith, written in 1633 but published by Sir Robert Sibbald in 1711. The maps appear to have been produced by Sibbald based on information from local people. The marginal drawings of antiquities, such as the Dwarfie stone, a Neolithic burial chamber on Hoy, reflect the antiquarian interests of Sibbald. The latitude and longitude, although not exact, are also marked, indicating the development of scientific accuracy. The engraving of the map includes many conventional features such as the 'shot-silk' effect of the shading of the sea. There is also an exuberance, shown for example in the rougher seas around the ships to the northwest. Description false
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Measurement:
42 x 25.7cm (1' 4 9/16" x 10 1/8") work_display_measurement 42 x 25.7cm (1' 4 9/16" x 10 1/8") Measurement false
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Technique:
Uncoloured work_technique Uncoloured Technique false
Subject Place:
Orkney work_subject_place Orkney Subject Place false
Subject Place:
Scotland work_subject_place Scotland Subject Place false
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.215. reference Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.215. Reference false
Related Work Title:
Robert Sibbald, 'A collection of several treatises in folio, concerning Scotland, ... V. The description of the Isles of Orknay and Zetland ...' (Edinburgh: : sold separately, or bound together, ... [1739]). This fifth treatise is by Robert Monteith. work_source Robert Sibbald, 'A collection of several treatises in folio, concerning Scotland, ... V. The description of the Isles of Orknay and Zetland ...' (Edinburgh: : sold separately, or bound together, ... [1739]). This fifth treatise is by Robert Monteith. Related Work Title false
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland work_rights_statement © 2002 The National Library of Scotland Rights Statement false
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