Maps of Scotland
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Name: | Pont, Timothy, 1560?-1614? |
Title: | [Ben Lawers; Glen Tanar; Strath Avon] - Pont 7 |
Imprint: | [ca. 1583-96] |
Pagination: | 1 manuscript map ; 17 x 30 cm. |
Shelfmark: | Adv.MS.70.2.9 (Pont 7) |
Notes: | This sheet contains four separate units: Pont 7(1), a profile of Ben Lawers, the 3984 ft mountain just north of Loch Tay, Perthshire; Pont 7(2), a small neat map showing the catchment area of the Water of Tanar from near its confluence with the River Dee to the high hills around its source; Pont 7(3), a map showing the River Avon (and its tributaries) from its confluence with the River Spey in the north to Ben Avon and Loch Builg in the south; and Pont 7(4), a map of lower Strath Avon.Much of Pont's original, but now faded, mapping in brown ink was later over-drawn in a darker ink, probably by Robert Gordon. Pont 7(1) Ben Lawers
Pont 7(2) Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire
Pont 7(3) Strath Avon and Glen Livet
Above Glen-Builg is written:
Other similar notes are transcribed by Stone (1989). Pont 7(4) Lower Strath Avon
For all maps on this sheet:
View the Pont Maps website. View maps by Blaeu and Robert and James Gordon. |
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