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   Pont
   Timothy
   T. P. ;
   
   
   1565 c.
   1614
   
   Presbyterian cleric and politician Robert Pont
   Catherine Pont, daughter of Masterton of Grange (mother) ; 1 younger brother ;
   matriculated as student of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, in 1580, and obtained the degree of M.A. of St Andrews University in 1584
   Scotland, UK
   drafts of Joan Blaeu's atlas of Scotland (c. 1600) ;
   
   cartographer ->Joan Blaeu, who used T. P.'s drafts for his map of Scotland (published 1654) ;
   cartographical and topographic drawing and engraving
   www.duffus.com/Maps/Pont'sDuffusCastle.jpg ; www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/about_the_library/lachlan_elizabeth_macquarie_room/17th_century_map_of_th
   National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/pont/ ;
   DNB ; J. C. Stone: The influence of copper-plate engraving on map content: prep. of 17th century Blaeu atlas of Scotland, in: Cartographic Journal 30, 1993: 3-11 ; A. M. Findlay: T. P.'s contributions to Scottish cartography, in: Scottish Geographical Magazine 94, 1978: 36-47 ;
   Scottish cartographer and topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland, travelling throughout Scotland from late 1580s to 1590s, mapping the country.
   39679257
   
   


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