Scotiae tabula.
Ortelius, Abraham,1527-1598.
[Antwerp : A. Ortelius,
1573?]
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows rivers, lochs (shaded), settlements, place names; some features described in writing.
Scale statement reads: "Miliaria Scotica", with scale bar graded [0]-60.
Orientated with north to the right.
The four cardinal points are written in the borders.
At bottom right: "Cum privilegio".
At top left an index gives names to some Loch Lommond's islands.
Decoration: at top right corner, ornate circular cartouche with the title inscribed; at top left corner, ornate scale cartouche; includes sea detail (stippled), a ship and a sea monster; large names are in flourished script.
Map appears in "Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum" by Ortelius, Antwerp 1573 and in the numerous issues of the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" from 1570 up to 1612. It is based on Mercator's map of the British Isles of 1564.
This map originally probably in the French edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1572 or the 1574 edition of the Additamentum I, French edition. At present forms part of a volume entitled "The kings of Scotland : maps of Scotland, portraits of the kings etc." compiled by NLS in 1860.
Map measurements and scale taken from Moir's description.
Moir, D.G., "Early maps of Scotland to 1850", 3rd. ed.
Shows Scotland including the Hebrides and Orkney islands.
Held at National Library of Scotland