Blaeu Atlas of Scotland

Pont never finished the work; he did ask King James VI and I for financial support for an atlas in the 1610s, but he died in 1615 and the project came to naught.

Blaeu organized the maps, and "finishing touches" (corrections and some descriptions) were applied by Robert and James Gordon.

For cartobibliographer Van der Krogt, the Irish maps indicate that Blaeu wasn't interested in an atlas of Scotland per se, and the slow production development (nearly twenty-five years passed between the first communications regarding Scottish maps and the publication of the book) suggests that it was not of great commercial significance to the firm either.

According to historian and cartobibliographer Jeffrey C. Stone, "Blaeu's portrayal of the Scottish landscape far exceeded, in both accuracy and content, anything previously published, or indeed anything to follow for more than a hundred years"; Stone argues that the century following its publication saw nothing of importance or quality happen, not until William Roy's military survey of Scotland (1747-1755).

[5] Important work in preserving, cataloguing, and researching the atlas was carried out by Caleb George Cash, an English-born mountaineer and antiquarian who lived and taught in Scotland for most of his life.

A reviewer praised the "professionalism, innovation, and expertise" of the NLS staff, but criticized the absence of an index for the maps.