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Document identity
localId
ww72bp84k
label
Scotia Regnum
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ww72bp84k
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Scotia Regnum
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1628–1633]"]
year
1628
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007040
creators
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Scotland--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Scotland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Scotland
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
H. Hondius
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
57
schema:longitude
-4
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 39 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Text on verso in French with heading L'Escosse, decorated letter L, beginning p.105 "La plus Septentrionale partie de l'Isle ..." and p.108 "Chrestienne, qu'ils ont bien gardee ... " Sig. Dd.
Bottom right corner: "Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Priuilegio."
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Appears in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas and the Mercator-Hondius-Jansson Atlas. Amsterdam : H. Hondius, 1628 or 1633.
Scotland with Hebrides and Orkney.
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no
dcId
ww72bp84k
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7406c9d0a4206a6c