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Geography Publications, 1997 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Shapes of Ireland is the first book-length historical study of the mapping of Ireland as a whole. It examines nine early maps of special importance, each epitomising the best geographical knowledge of its day. The maps are chosen to span the period from the mid-sixteenth century, when Ireland's internal geography first became the subject of a general consensus, to the arrival of the Ordnance Survey in the early Victorian period. The cartographers represented are Gerard Mercator (1564), Baptista Boazio (1599), John Speed (1610), William Petty (1685), Henry Pratt (1708), Thomas Jefferys (1759), Daniel Beaufort (1792), Aaron Arrowsmith (1811) and Thomas Larcom (1839). In Shapes of Ireland each cartographer's professional mentors, disciples and competitors receive attention, and each map's construction, subject matter and style are analysed in detail. Apart from their technical interest, maps in general are revealed as…
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Shapes of Ireland: Maps and Their Makers 1564-1839 Hardcover - 1997
by John Harwood Andrews
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- Title Shapes of Ireland: Maps and Their Makers 1564-1839
- Author John Harwood Andrews
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 346
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Geography Publications, Dublin
- Date 1997
- ISBN 9780906602959 / 0906602955
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97184684
- Dewey Decimal Code 912.415
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Dublin: Geography Publications, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 1997. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 346pp. illustrated. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light wear to dj, original owner's label on spine. Edges toned, ownership blindstamp on flyleaf. Contents unmarked.
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Dublin : Geography Publications, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : ix, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. SubjectCartography Ireland. Cartography Ireland History. Surveying Ireland. Ireland ; Surveys. Ireland. History of cartography. ; [Literature] 1997. Ireland Maps ; Catalogs. maps. Ireland.
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