Pont 33 : Renfrewshire
- This map is made of two sheets of paper pasted together. Stone (1989) has
analysed the complex sequence of events involved in the construction
of this map, which probably involved Robert Gordon and even perhaps
Sir John Scot.
- Despite the density of information on this map, most of it can be
read without too much difficulty as it was relatively neatly drawn by
Pont.
- In the north there is a very small overlap between this map and
Pont 14 and Pont 32, whilst in the east there is a greater overlap with
Pont 34.
- Although 7 of Gordon's manuscript maps include parts of this area,
of these only his sheet 55 has any appreciable overlap.
- This Pont map was the major source of information for Joan Blaeu's printed map of Renfroana. Other Blaeu maps which overlap the area in small parts only are: Cunninghamia, Glottiana Praefectura Inferior, and Levinia.
Maps by Blaeu
and Gordon
can be accessed via
the National Library of Scotland's Digital Library.
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