Map, of Isle of Bute, Argyll

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This map of the Island of Bute in Argyll is taken from a Dutch atlas and is to a scale of two inches to one mile. It was possibly produced by Johann Blaeu of Amsterdam in 1655.

Map of the Island of Bute, from a Dutch atlas, to a scale of 2 inches to 1 mile, by Blaeu, 1655 (?)

Advances in surveying and map production brought greater knowledge of the wider world in the late 16th and 17th century. New techniques also helped Scotland to become one of the best mapped countries of the 17th-century world.

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• Online ID: 000-100-044-268-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1906.162
• Date: 1655
  1655 (?)
  
• Material: Map
  
• Dimensions: 552 mm H x 640 mm W
  
• What: Map
  
• Subject: 5. CARTOGRAPHY, Maps, Scotland (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Blaeu, Holland (Cartographer)
  Timotheo Pont
  
• Where: Netherlands
  Scotland, Isle of Bute
  
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