Orcadum et Shetlandiae Insularum accuratissima descriptio.
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon,1571-1638.
Blaeu, Joan,1596-1673.
[Amsterdam : Blaeu,
1654]
Relief shown pictorially.
Features include ships and fishing boats ; settlements ; lochs ; crests.
Ornate cartouches. Title cartouche features fish.
One of 55 maps published in Theatrum orbis terrarum sive atlas novus / Joannis Blaeu. Vol. 5, 1654.
Verso : Latin text, "Scotia" and "Nnn".
Dedicated to Ioannis Scott by Guiljelmus Blaeu.
Map comprises 2 panels : the smaller portion features of Orkney, 397 x 215 mm., the larger portion  Shetland, 397 x 288 mm.
Original drawing attributed to Pont.
Skelton, R.A., [comp.] : "County atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850 : "
Held at National Library of Scotland.
Theatrum orbis terrarum sive atlas novus