Scotiae tabula.
Ortelius, Abraham,1527-1598
[Antwerp : Ortelius,
1612].
Relief shown pictorially.
Placenames in Latin and English.
Ornate strapwork title cartouche.
From Ortelius' 1612 Spanish edition of "Theatrum orbis terrarum..." ; the atlas was first published in 1573 and subsequently issued in many different editions over the next fifty years.
Background dots in the sea around "Germanici Pars" indicate that this is the second state of the map : the earlier state had no dots around the letters.
Orientated with north to the right.
Scale statement reads "Miliaria Scotica" 60 = 76 mm.
On verso: Spanish text beginning "Scocia es parte de la Isla de bretana hazia el Septentrion...", with no pagination : binders mark "II".
Features include ships ; sea monsters ; trees ; settlements [in red] ; border surrounding map in yellow.
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