Scotia regnum.
Jansson, Jan,1588-1664.
Sibbald, Robert,Sir,1641-1722,Atlas Scoticus ...
Amstelodami : apud Ionnem Ianssonium,
[1636].
Relief shown pictorially.
Map was first issued in the 1636 Appendix, with German text to the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius Atlas ; it is an almost exact copy of Blaeu's map of 1635.
Map was issued in various editions of Jansson's "Atlas Novus ..." until ca. 1680, states can be distinguished by the signature and text on verso ; the map may also have been issued separately.
On verso: blank.
The quality of the printing implies that this map was pulled from the plate sometime after other versions held by NLS which may imply that it was issued in the 1666 Latin edition of the atlas, of which several copies are known to exist which have no text.
Inset at top right hand corner: "Orcades Insulae".
Ornate title cartouche, bottom right corner, in the shape of a pedestal resting on the backs of two mythical animals, it shows the title and supports the arms of Scotland, with unicorn supporters, with motto "Est nobilis ira leonis".
Decoration: sailing ship off Sutherland and fishing boats off Caithness; coloured crest of Great Britain (right hand side).
Borders filled in with graduations of longitude and latitude.
Paper has chain lines and a PZ watermark.
Van der Krogt, P., Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici,
RSGS and Moir : "Early maps of Scotland",
Skelton, R.A. "County atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703", 1970 ed.
Shows Scotland, including the Western Isles and with Orkney in inset at top right, but without Shetland.
One of 69 maps and views originally included in an unpublished atlas belonging to Robert Sibbald, "Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern" ca. 1682.