Scotia septentrionalis.
Goos, Abraham.
Keere, Pieter van den,approximately 1571-approximately 1624.
Jansson, Jan,1588-1664.Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris.
[Amsterdam : Janssonius,
ca. 1630].
Relief shown pictorially.
Scale statement reads "miliaria Scotica" 40 = 29 mm.
"Escosse meridionale" at top right hand corner
On verso: text in French; "56" ; "Escosse".
Page 55 from "Atlas Minor" (French). Text on verso (p.56) would be the second of three text pages (54, 56, and 57).
Features include regions outlined ; settlements ; lochs and rivers.
Originally included in "Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris" by Jan Jansson.
"Atlas Minor" first published in 1607 including these maps; it subsequently was published in Latin, Dutch, French and German, with some London editions until at least 1650.
Original engraving attributed to Pieter van den Keere and A. Goos.
Koeman : "Atlantes Neerlandici"
RSGS and Moir "The early maps of Scotland",
Includes Orkney but not Shetland.
Held at National Library of Scotland.