MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042789
Shelfmark:
WD.4.H.1(31)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Magnae Britannia : pars septentrionalis qua regnum Scotia in suas partes et subja centes insulas divisum / Accurata tabula ex archetypo Vischeriano desumta exhibetur imatatore Iohan. Bapt. Homanno, Noribergae.
Imprint:
Noribergae [Nurnberg] : Homanni, [1759]
Creator:
Homann, Johann Baptist (b.1663, d.1724)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1759
Description:
This map is a close copy of Nicoleas Visscher's map of 1692; it shows Scotland with Orkney and the Western Isles. It was copied in 1710 by Johann Baptist Homann for inclusion in his 'Atlas Novus' and was reprinted by his heirs in books as late as 1790. The hand colouring divides Scotland into North and South. Note the wedge shape of the Western Isles; the islands were depicted like this on most maps of Scotland after Blaeu's of 1654, until they were surveyed in more detail by Murdoch Mackenzie in 1750.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
46 x 55.6cm (1' 6 1/8" x 1' 9 7/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.1, 1973, p.178.
Related Work Title:
Johann Baptist Homann, Atlas geographicus maior ... . Nurenberg : Homann, 1759.
Related Work Notes:
Host Item
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
93564768
Repro Notes:
map no. 31
Repro Title:
Magnae Britannia : pars septentrionalis qua regnum Scotia in suas partes et subja centes insulas divisum / Accurata tabula ex archetypo Vischeriano desumta exhibetur imatatore Iohan. Bapt. Homanno, Noribergae. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042789c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001389
Repro Capture Date:
25/09/2000 11:55:00

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Magnae Britannia : pars septentrionalis qua regnum Scotia in suas partes et subja centes insulas divisum / Accurata tabula ex archetypo Vischeriano desumta exhibetur imatatore Iohan. Bapt. Homanno, Noribergae. [1 of 1]