Ross and Cromartyshire. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
'A draught of the Firths of Tayne, Cromartie, [and] Inverness, wt ye true distances as yey do ly.' , [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 16)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the district from Loch Monar to Beauly and Strath Bran., [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 21)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
'Coygach and Loch Breyn drawn out of many imperfyt papers of M.T. Pont.' , [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 14)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
'Loch Lung and Loch Dowi...' [i.e. Loch Long and Loch Duich]. , [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 15)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Map of the coast of the Moray Firth, showing Dornoch, Cromarty, and Beauly Firths., [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 17)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Pont's map of Tarbet Ness, Easter Ross. , [?1583-?1596.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 20)
Scope and Contents
This map by Timothy Pont, overwritten by Robert Gordon, covers both shores of the Dornoch and Cromarty Firths as well as Tarbat Ness in Easter Ross, with the western limits running from Invergordon north-west to Loch Achnacloich, and then running north-east from there to Edderton.
This map was once believed to be by Robert Gordon (hence its title '[Gordon] 20'), but has now been identified as the work of Timothy Pont (Stone, 1974).
As the compass rose indicates this map is oriented with...
Dates:
[?1583-?1596.]
'Sutherland, Strath Okel [and] Strath Charron' [i.e. Sutherland, Strath Oykel and Strathcarron]., [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 10)
Scope and Contents
This map could have been an early draft for Blaeu's, Southerlandia, 1654 although this does include some different and additional place-names. Part of this area is described in the Pont texts.
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
'The draught of ye river of Charron whiche falleth into the head of the firth of Tayne in Ros. from Mr. T. Pont's papers.', [?1636-?1652.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 19)
Scope and Contents
Part of this area is described in the Pont texts: pages 122-123, and page 132.
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]