Timothy Pont

A Scottish clergyman, Timothy Pont's survey of Scotland of 1595-1608 made that country the best mapped in the world. However it was not until Blaeu issued the maps as Volume V of his 'Theatrum' in 1654 that the core of his work was published. Robert Gordon, who revised the maps for Blaeu, wrote that Pont "was defeated by the avarice of printers and booksellers, and could not bring it to a conclusion. While waiting for better times, he was snatched away by premature death".