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Ye Olde Maps

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  • 14-07-2011 11:56am
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    Tabnabs
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    Hopefully this hasn't been posted before?

    A selection of the very rare hand-coloured proofs for the Speed atlas, produced between 1603 and 1611, is seen below

    http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/05/speed-maps.html

    The maps of Ulster and Leinster are of particular interest. (click for very high resolution)


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    Judgement Day
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    Some scary looking sea monsters on the Ireland map - one's as big as the Isle of Man. Thanks for posting. :D


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    jonniebgood1
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    Great link-

    The spellings and names are very interesting: Atlone, Tryme, Droghdagh, etc. The modern spellings are different to these but most towns are pronounced closer to the spellings on these old maps than the phonetically correct pronounciation of the modern spellings. This is particularly true around the immediate vicinity of these towns.

    I also see that Louth is included as part of Ulster.


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    slowburner
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    Fantastic. Thanks for the link Tabnabs.
    I can throw away my sat-nav. It all suddenly makes sense. :D


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