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Published by one of America's leading atlas publishers ten years before Ireland's potato famine, this map depicts a country blossoming with population growth and urban development. A sidebar lists the population of the major towns in each province. Dublin was, by far, the most populous city, with over 250,000 residents, while the second largest, Limerick, was only one quarter of Dublin's size. The total population of Ireland at this point was nearly eight million. There is no evidence on this map of the famine which struck in 1845. By 1851, the population had been reduced by two million due to a combination of starvation, disease, and immigration.
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Document identity
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x633f898b
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Ireland, from the best authorities
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
x633f898b
contentType
map
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normalized
title
Ireland, from the best authorities
description
Published by one of America's leading atlas publishers ten years before Ireland's potato famine, this map depicts a country blossoming with population growth and urban development. A sidebar lists the population of the major towns in each province. Dublin was, by far, the most populous city, with over 250,000 residents, while the second largest, Limerick, was only one quarter of Dublin's size. The total population of Ireland at this point was nearly eight million. There is no evidence on this map of the famine which struck in 1845. By 1851, the population had been reduced by two million due to a combination of starvation, disease, and immigration.
date
["1835"]
year
1835
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000038
creators
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Ireland--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Ireland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Ireland
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
J.H. Colton & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
53
schema:longitude
-8
extent
1 map : col. ; 74 x 79 cm.
notes
Relief shown by shading and hachures.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004.
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x633f898b
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map
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0
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photo
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