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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043933
Shelfmark:
Gough Gen Top 224
Holding Institution:
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Title:
ORCADVM et SCHETLANDIAE INSULARVM accuratissima descriptio
Imprint:
Amstelodami : sumptibus, Ioannis Ianssonu, [1659]
Creator:
Jansson, Jan (b.1588, d.1664)
Creator Role:
Publisher
Creator:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (b.1571, d.1638)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Hondius, Hendrik (b.1597, d.1651)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1659
Description:
This map was copied from Blaeu's map of the same title which was printed in 1630; it was also issued in Hexham's English edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas, published by Henry Hondius in 1636 and in the Johannes Janssonius' 1646 edition of the Novus atlas.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Uncoloured
Subject Place:
Orkney
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Shetland
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, 3rd. ed., v.2, 1983, p.214.
Reference:
Skelton, R.A., County atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850, v.1, 1970, pp.80-88, 113-114.
Related Work Title:
Ioannis Ianssonii Novus atlas, sive theatrum orbis terrarum in quo magna Britannia. Amstelodami : apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1659.
Related Work Notes:
Host Item
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
330017494
Repro Title:
ORCADVM et SCHETLANDIAE INSULARVM accuratissima descriptio [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
00003405

ORCADVM et SCHETLANDIAE INSULARVM accuratissima descriptio [1 of 1]

ORCADVM et SCHETLANDIAE INSULARVM accuratissima descriptio [1 of 1]