Detail View: Charting The Nation: Holy-Island Fairn Islands with the many Rocks and Hazards that lye Scatter'd in that Sea And the Coast from Sunderland point in England to St Abbs-head in Scotland [manuscript copy] [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0043538
Shelfmark: 
MS.1651.Z.69/01(6)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Holy-Island Fairn Islands with the many Rocks and Hazards that lye Scatter'd in that Sea And the Coast from Sunderland point in England to St Abbs-head in Scotland [manuscript copy]
Creator: 
Anonymous
Creator Role: 
Copyist
Creator: 
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1703-1799
Description: 
This is a manuscript copy of one of the maps from John Adair's atlas 'The Description of the Sea-Coast and Islands of Scotland with Large and Exact Maps for the Use of Seamen', first published by him in Edinburgh in 1688. The other maps in the atlas, and the title page, were also copied in manuscript and are in images 00003242-3246, 00003260 and 00003262. There is no certainty as to the origin or purpose of these manuscript copies, which are less detailed than the original printed maps. It is possible that they were drawing and copying exercises for the Tower of London Drawing Room draughtsmen, since they all have the Board of Ordnance stamp. The printed version of this map is uncoloured, but this has been coloured to indicate natural features and settlement features. This shows the coast of Northumberland from Sunderland Point to Berwick, and then the coast of Berwickshire north to St. Abb's Head. It indicates settlements with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red, prominent estates with houses shaded red, some with their boundaries also shown clearly. It indicates waterways, lighthouses, hills, sandbars and windmills. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website 00000026-35.
Work Type: 
Printed map/plan
Measurement: 
34.7 x 45.8cm (1' 1 11/16" x 1' 6 1/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Berwickshire
Subject Place: 
Northumberland
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Maps, Manuscript
Subject Category: 
Nautical charts
Related Work Title: 
The Description of the Sea-Coast and Islands of Scotland with Large and Exact Maps for the Use of Seamen; manuscript copy, post 1703; [original by John Adair, Edinburgh 1688 & 1703]
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
52083574
Repro Title: 
Holy-Island Fairn Islands with the many Rocks and Hazards that lye Scatter'd in that Sea And the Coast from Sunderland point in England to St Abbs-head in Scotland [manuscript copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043538c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00003261
Repro Capture Date: 
19/06/2001 09:53:00