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Source Description
Relief shown pictorially.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
ww72bp732
label
A new description of the shyres Lothian and Linlitquo
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ww72bp732
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new description of the shyres Lothian and Linlitquo
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1610]"]
year
1610
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007020
creators
Pont, Timothy, 1560?-1614?
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Lothian (Scotland)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Lothian
Scotland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Scotland
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Edinburgh?]
publisher
Sumptibus Andreae Hart
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
55.866667
schema:longitude
-3.15
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 54 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows rivers and tributaries, lochs, trees, roads, settlements (with churches), towns, main buildings, enclosures, ruins, and boundaries.
With dedication by T. Pont to King James I.
On dedication cartouche: "93."
Decoration: at top right corner, the dedication is inscribed in an elaborated frame ornated with the Royal Crest and two children holding open books; on the left bottom corner the title in fretwork cartouche; elaborated compass rose with rhumb lines radiating; some large names in flourished script; the coasts are shaded outwards and coloured; two ships in the Firth of Forth.
Shows the area currently comprising East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian with parts of neighbouring counties (Fife, Lanarkshire, Berwickshire and Peeblesshire); shows as far south as the Lammermuir Hills and west to the river Avon.
In English and Latin.
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no
dcId
ww72bp732
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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6929ea0002179fb1