A new description of the shyres Lothian and Linlitquo /
Pont, Timothy,1560?-1614?.
Hart, Andrew,-1621.
Hondius, Jodocus,1563-1612.
[Edinburgh?] : sumptibus Andreae Hart,
[ca. 1610]
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows rivers and tributaries, lochs (shaded), trees, roads, settlements (with churches), towns, main buildings, enclosures (coloured), ruins, boundaries (coloured).
Scale statement reads "Scala Milliarium Scotiae", with scale bar graded [0]-5.
With dedication by T. Pont to King James I.
Beside the title cartouche: "Judocus Hondius caelavit sumptibus Andreae Hart".
On dedication cartouche: "93".
Borders filled in with graduations of latitude and longitude.
Decoration: at top right corner, the dedication is inscribed in an elaborated frame ornated with the Royal Crest and two children holding open books; on the left bottom corner the title in fretwork cartouche; elaborated compass rose with direction lines radiating; some large names in flourished script; the coasts are shaded outwards and coloured; two ships in the Firth of Forth.
On verso: Latin text with title "Lavden sive Lothien" giving an account of the region; with historiated initial and [p.] 61 at top right and 62 at top left.
The earliest known issue of this map appeared in the 1630 edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas; but the engraver, Jodocus Hondius, died in 1612, so the date of the map is therefore between 1603 (when James became king of Great Britain) and 1612. It was apparently not revised before inclusion in the Mercator-Hondius atlas.
Map measurements and scale taken from Moir's description.
Moir, D.G., "Early maps of Scotland to 1850", 3rd. ed.
Shows the area currently comprising East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian with parts of neighbouring counties (Fife, Lanarkshire, Berwickshire and Peeblesshire mostly un-detailed); shows as far south as the Lammermuir Hills and west to the river Avon.
Held at National Library of Scotland