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| Keywords: 1794 Rocque Wall Map of Ireland - Geographicus - Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg An absolutely stunning and monumental 1794 wall map of Ireland by Jean Rocque Covers Ireland in full with extraordinary detail throughout Notes every town hamlet bishopric country forest castle swam and road Even offers some offshore detail with regard to the shoals in Georges Channel In inset map in the lower right quadrant shows Ireland in the context of the British Isles An elaborate title cartouche in the upper left quadrant shows the Irish Harp over two pensive bovines and a demurely positioned unclothed maiden Published by Laurie and Whittle as plate nos 9-10 in the 1797 edition of Thomas Kitchin's General Atlas 1794 dated Size in 38 50 object history credit line accession number Ireland2-rocque-1794 Kitchin Thomas <i>Kitchin's General Atlas describing the Whole Universe being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care and augmented from the last edition of D'Anville and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers engraved on Sixty-Two plates comprising Thirty Seven maps </i> Laurie Whittle London 1797 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Old maps of Ireland 1794 maps Maps by John Rocque English language maps of Europe | ||||
