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Map The Kingdom of Ireland, Divided as Much into the Main Regions of Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster. Hiberniæ Regnum Tam in præcipuas Ultoniæ, Connaciæ, Laceniæ et Momoniæ, Quam in Minores Earundem Provincias et Ditiones Divisum

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Title

  • The Kingdom of Ireland, Divided as Much into the Main Regions of Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster.

Other Title

  • Hiberniæ Regnum Tam in præcipuas Ultoniæ, Connaciæ, Laceniæ et Momoniæ, Quam in Minores Earundem Provincias et Ditiones Divisum

Summary

  • This hand-colored map of Ireland was published in 1715 by the firm of Nuremberg engraver and publisher Johann Baptist Homann (1663--1724). It is based on earlier works by Nicolaes Visscher (1649-1702), of the second of three generations of Visschers who were art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam, and Sir William Petty (1623--87), the pioneering English political economist who directed the nationwide cadastral survey of Ireland carried out under Oliver Cromwell in 1656--58. The map is in Latin, but place-names are in English and the original Celtic renderings into English. It has a decorative title cartouche and a scale cartouche. Four distance scales are provided: German, French, English, and Irish miles. Different colors are used to show the four historic provinces of Ireland: Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster. The map shows the counties and baronies within the provinces, archbishoprics, cities and towns, major roads, and other geographic features. The decorative cartouche in the lower right containing the distance scales shows men engaged in two forms of economic activity, fishing and agriculture. The cartouche is crowned by the British royal coat of arms, consisting of a shield supported by a lion and a unicorn and surrounded by a garter with the Anglo-Norman maxim honi soit qui mal y pense (shamed be he who thinks evil of it).

Names

  • Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 Creator.
  • Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687 Contributor.
  • Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • Nuremberg : Johann Baptist Homann, 1715.

Headings

  • -  Ireland
  • -  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland--Northern Ireland
  • -  1715
  • -  Administrative and political divisions
  • -  Islands

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 54.4 x 46 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
  • -  Content in English and Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668670

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Chicago citation style:

Homann, Johann Baptist, Creator, William Petty, and Nicolaes Visscher. The Kingdom of Ireland, Divided as Much into the Main Regions of Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster. Nuremberg: Johann Baptist Homann, 1715. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668670/.

APA citation style:

Homann, J. B., Petty, W. & Visscher, N. (1715) The Kingdom of Ireland, Divided as Much into the Main Regions of Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster. Nuremberg: Johann Baptist Homann. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668670/.

MLA citation style:

Homann, Johann Baptist, Creator, William Petty, and Nicolaes Visscher. The Kingdom of Ireland, Divided as Much into the Main Regions of Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster. Nuremberg: Johann Baptist Homann, 1715. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668670/>.