Detail View: Charting The Nation: Vraye & exacte description Hydrographique des costes maritimes d'Escosse & des Isles Orchades Hebrides avec partie d'Angleterre & d'Irlande servant a la naiguation [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042784
Shelfmark: 
Ry.IV.C.9-10.9a
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Vraye & exacte description Hydrographique des costes maritimes d'Escosse & des Isles Orchades Hebrides avec partie d'Angleterre & d'Irlande servant a la naiguation
Imprint: 
[Paris: Gilles Beys], 1583.
Creator: 
Nicolay, Nicolas de (b.1517, d.1583)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1583
Description: 
Dating from 1583, this map by Nicolas de Nicolay is the first printed sea chart of Scotland. It was based on an earlier manuscript dating from 1546. The outline is much more accurate than any previous maps of Scotland, and is better than many 17th century ones too! Apart from a few regions, all the place names refer to coastal features such as capes, firths and ports. This chart was published to accompany 'La Navigation du Roy D'Ecosse Jacques Cinquiesme', a book recounting the journey around the coast of Scotland by King James V guided by his pilot Alexander Lyndsay.
Work Type: 
Printed map/plan
Measurement: 
29 x 38.6cm (11 7/16" x 1' 3 3/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Uncoloured
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
Scotland - coasts
Subject Category: 
British Isles
Subject Category: 
Nautical charts
Reference: 
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.3.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Vraye & exacte description Hydrographique des costes maritimes d'Escosse & des Isles Orchades Hebrides avec partie d'Angleterre & d'Irlande servant a la naiguation [1 of 1]
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