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Pont Maps of Scotland, ca. 1583-1614

Among the National Library of Scotland's greatest treasures are the earliest surviving detailed maps of Scotland, made by Timothy Pont over 400 years ago, in the 1580s and 1590s.

• Search for Pont Maps:
  • By a zoomable map of Scotland
  • By Pont Place Name
  • By Modern Place Name
  • By Map List (by Pont Manuscript Map Number)

• Further information:
  • Guide to symbols and abbreviations
  • Guide to handwriting

• Search for Pont Texts:
  • By a Map
  • By a list of regions
  • By place name list
     
  • Further information about the Pont texts

• Biographies of the main people connected to the Pont maps:
  • The elusive Timothy Pont
  • Timothy Pont: the facts
  • The Pont family: a summary
  • The Pont family: a detailed report (PDF)
  • Pont's story as told by Robert Gordon
  • Robert Pont, Timothy Pont's father
  • Sir James Balfour of Denmilne
  • Sir John Scot of Scotstarvit
  • Robert Gordon of Straloch
  • Joan Blaeu
  • James Gordon of Rothiemay
  • Sir Robert Sibbald
  • Caleb G. Cash

• History of the Pont maps:
  • General Overview
  • From Pont's death to the publication of Blaeu's Atlas
  • The later history of the maps
  • The Numbering of the Pont maps
  • How many Pont maps were lost by the Advocates Library?
  • Mysterious Numerals on Pont, Gordon, and Adair maps

• Value of the Pont maps for researching particular subjects:
  • Revealing Scotland's mountains
  • Timothy Pont's portrayal of towns
  • The architecture of Scotland
  • Scottish woodlands
  • Place-names

• Further reading:
  • Detailed bibliography / references

The Pont Maps website has been produced with financial support from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.