MAPS

Title: IRLAN : / DIAE / REGN : / UM
Object Name: Map
Maker: Mercator, Gerard (Primary maker)
Mercator, Gerard (artist)
Date Made: 1619
1619
Description: IRLAN : / DIAE / REGN : / UM. Coloured map of southern part of Ireland, south of north Galway, south Westmeath, Offaly, north Kildare and north Wicklow. Keys to numbered items : (1) Sinnei fluminis aliquot insulae (islands in Shannon estuary), (2) Insulae and portus aliquot in Balatmorbaye (islands and harbours in Baltimore Bay, Co Cork), (3) Iuxta Kilkenny (places near Kilkenny) On back of pp 93 and 96 of Mercator's "Atlas" (1619 French text).
Catalogue Number: BELUM.P8.1976
Copyright: National Museums NI

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