
This Abraham Ortelius map, Hiberniae, Britannicae Insvlae Nova Descripto, is an early map of Ireland published in 1598. It was first published in 1573 and is compiled from Gerardus Mercator’s 1564 map depicting the British Isles, which greatly improved the accuracy and outdoing his previous representations. The map was part of Ortelius’s landmark 1598 atlas. Do you know […]
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