Detail View: Charting The Nation: Isles Britanniques [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042941
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Shelfmark:
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RHP22361(5)
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Holding Institution:
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
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Isles Britanniques
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Imprint:
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[Paris : chez Le Sr. Desnos, 1748]
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Creator:
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Le Rouge, Georges Louis (b.1722?, d.1778?)
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Creator Role:
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Mapmaker
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Creator:
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Desnos, Louis Charles (b.1725, d.1805)
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Creator Role:
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Publisher
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Date:
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1748
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Description:
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A map from part of an engraved and printed mid 18th-century Pocket Atlas of Europe. The outline of Scotland appears to have been copied from a map based on the outline produced by Mercator's Atlas of 1595. The rather elongated form of Ireland looks very like that produced by Blome in 1673. The copying of earlier maps rather than using the most recent surveys often meant that atlases were not exactly 'state-of-the-art'. Pocket Atlases were a commercial venture generally produced as cheaply as possible.
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Work Type:
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Printed map/plan
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Uncoloured
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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British Isles
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Related Work Title:
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Atlas Nouveau Portatif, Paris : chez Le Sr. Desnos, 1748.
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Rights Statement:
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Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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31566802
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Repro Notes:
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map No.10
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Repro Title:
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Isles Britanniques [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042941c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002102
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Repro Capture Date:
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26/01/2001 13:38:00
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