Detail View: Charting The Nation: Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross. [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042863
Shelfmark: 
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 25 )
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross.
Creator: 
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1640
Description: 
A small scale map covering northeast Scotland from Brechin to the Moray Firth coast and extending west across Scotland to the head of Loch Linnhe, Loch Arkaig and Loch Quoich. The map appears to be an unfinished draft originally intended as a final draft, perhaps for an engraver, judging by the embellishments. There is a hint in the lower left corner of the map where work is crossed out, that it may have been found wanting in some respect and hence abandoned. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), in 1640. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
67.5 x 52.2cm (2' 2 9/16" x 1' 8 9/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Aberdeenshire
Subject Place: 
Glen More
Subject Place: 
Kincardineshire
Subject Place: 
Loch Linnhe
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Reference: 
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, November 1907, p.586.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
120321746
Repro Notes: 
25, right half
Repro Title: 
Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross. [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042863c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000759
Repro Capture Date: 
05/07/2000 14:43:00