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Source Description
Together these two atlas sheets comprise Gerard Mercator's map of Ireland. They were published in either the 1628 or 1633 French editions of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius's "Atlas". Originally published in 1595, this book of maps was the first such publication to use the term "atlas" for its title. As a cartographic triumph, the atlas was translated into the major European languages (Latin, French, German, and English) and was reprinted dozens of times up to the mid-17th century.
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Document identity
localId
x633f9650
label
Irlandiae regnum
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f9650
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Irlandiae regnum
description
Together these two atlas sheets comprise Gerard Mercator's map of Ireland. They were published in either the 1628 or 1633 French editions of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius's "Atlas". Originally published in 1595, this book of maps was the first such publication to use the term "atlas" for its title. As a cartographic triumph, the atlas was translated into the major European languages (Latin, French, German, and English) and was reprinted dozens of times up to the mid-17th century.
date
["[1628–1633]"]
year
1628
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
05_04_001001
creators
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Ireland--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Ireland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Ireland
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
53
schema:longitude
-8
extent
1 map on 2 sheets : col. ; sheets 35 x 46 cm.
notes
Top/north sheet without title. Bottom/south sheet contains title.
Relief shown pictorially.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633f9650
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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e5955f0337661e46