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Description: | Atlas sheet from an edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum with Latin text, published in 1573. Hand coloured copperplate engraving. North at 90 degrees. Scale approximately 1:1,000,000. Bar scale, with dividers, in English miles.
This map of Ireland shows a row of fictitious islands between Wexford and Dublin. A text panel refers to the plantation of Ulster by Sir Thomas Smith - 'Part of this island was given to the English to settle by Queen Elizabeth and the colony was led by Sir Smith the golden knight in 1572.'
caption: Hibernia | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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