Pont, Timothy, 1560?-1614?

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Biography

Rev Timothy Pont was a Scottish minister, cartographer and topographer. He was the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland. Pont's maps are among the earliest surviving to show a European country in minute detail, from an actual survey.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Annandiae Prafectura, Vulgo, The Stewartrie of Annandail, 1654

Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 9

Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.9

Scope and Contents

Hand colored copper engraved regional map of the Annandale region of southern lowland Scotland, around the Solway Firth. It is based on Timothy Pont's survey of Scotland by Timothy Pont conducted between 1583 and 1601 and revised by William Gordon for inclusion in Volume 5 of Blaeu's Atlas, beginning in 1654. Latin text on verso.

Dates: 1654

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Map collection, 1500s-2000s; bulk 1820-1920 / World maps / Atlas maps

Annandiae Prafectura, Vulgo, The Stewartrie of Annandail, 1654, recto

Digital Image

Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-9r