Historical Maps of Ireland.

Swift, Michael.

ISBN 10: 1902616405 / ISBN 13: 9781902616407

Published by Parkgate Books, London, 1999

About this Item

141pp, col maps. Pictorial glossy boards, no jacket. Occasional minor foxing. Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 049791

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Historical Maps of Ireland.
• Publisher: Parkgate Books, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902616405
• ISBN 13: 9781902616407
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Atlases, Maps, Cartography

About this title

Synopsis

London, PRC, 1999, album in 8vo (cm. 25 x 28,5) cartonato con copertina e sovraccopertina illustrate a colori, pp. 144 completamente illustrato da carte a colori.

From the Publisher

A colourful, detailed insight into Ireland through the ages.
A colourful, detailed insight into Ireland through the ages.
Affectionately known as the Emerald Isle, Ireland is an outstandingly beautiful country with a history that is as dramatic as its scenery. The past centuries have seen strife of evey kind on this beautiful island - famine, poulation loss, civil war, murder colonization and terrorism have all played a role in Ireland's chronicle. Yet the people have remained undeterred, forging a culture and heritage that is unique and quite unmistakable.

The maps in this unique book are reprinted from originals held by the Public Records Office in Kew, London. These superbly crafted charts are remarkable documents that until now have only been accessible to researchers. And there is the added interest in many of the earlier examples due to the annotations made upon them by Elizabethan ministers such as Sir William Cecil, which help to emphasize that these were not only a record of the physical shape of Ireland, but also an essential part of thge maintenance of British rule.

Historical Maps of Ireland charts the history of the Emerald Isle through cartography. It spans three centuries of British rule - from the earliest representations of the map-makers art in the 16th century when the skills required to produce detailed scaled maps first developed, to the elegant charts of the 19th when the Empire was at its most powerful. Many of the earliest drawn were produced by the military - either for offensive of defensive reasons - and the military were, as the maps show, to maintain an important role in cartography right through to the modern age.

With an introduction that narrates the history of Ireland and detailed captions that give the history of each of the maps and the regions they show, this is a fascinating work that is as insightful as it is attractive.