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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043354
Shelfmark:
Blaeu 1664/49
Holding Institution:
School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh
Title:
Orcadum et Schetlandiæ Insularum accuratissima descriptio.
Imprint:
[Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1664]
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan (b.1596, d.1673)
Creator Role:
Publisher
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (b.1571, d.1638)
Creator Role:
Dedicator
Creator:
Scott, John, Sir (b.1585, d.1670)
Creator Role:
Dedicatee
Date:
1664
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
51.3 x 38.8cm (1' 8 3/16" x 1' 3 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Orkney
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Shetland
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, 3rd. ed., v.2, 1983, p.151.
Reference:
Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850, 1970, [v.1], pp.97-109.
Reference:
Stone, Jeffrey C., Illustrated maps of Scotland from Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus' of the 17th. Century, 1991, p.94.
Related Work Title:
Geographiae Blavianae, vol. 5, Nieuwe Beschrijving van Orcadische Eylanden; Beschryving der Schetlandsche Eylanden, Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1664.
Related Work Notes:
Host Item
Rights Statement:
© 2002 School of Scottish Studies, The University of Edinburgh
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Repro Title:
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Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
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Repro Capture Date:
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