File:A pocket companion of Ireland, containing all the cities, market towns, boroughs, all ye great roads, and principal cross roads with the computed miles from town to town (5375550325).jpg

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A map of Ireland c. 1732 with cities, bishoprics, boroughs, market towns and villages, "small barracks", bogs, and roads marked.

Title: A Pocket Companion of ye Roads of Ireland, Containing all the Cities, Market-Towns, Boroughs, All ye Great Roads, and Principal Cross Roads with the Computed Miles from Town to Town

Notes: The Number of Inhabitants in Ireland are Computed at 1.000000. Dublin the Chief City is 268 miles distant from London.

The Area of ye Provinces of Ireland is given in Square Miles. Ulster 7200 Sqr. M. Connaught 6072 S. M. Leinster 6120 Sqr. M. Munster 8065 Sq. M. Sum Total 27,457.

To His Grace Charles Duke of Grafton Lord Leutenant of Ireland, Knight of ye most Noble order of ye Garter &c. This Map is Humbly Dedicated by your Grace's Ob. Servt. H. Moll G.

Sold by T. Bowles next ye Chapter House in S. Pauls Church yard & I. Bowles at ye Black Horse in Cornhill.

Scale in "British miles" (i.e., English) and "Irish miles" set at the same value as the "Scottish miles" elsewhere, 50 to a degree versus the 60 to a degree used for the English miles.

Dimensions: 29×27 cm

Scale: c. 1:1,700,000


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Source Norman Bleventhal Map Center Flickr account, an image of a copy of the map (G5780 1732 .M66x) held by the Boston Public Library. The map was originally sold separately or as page 12 in Moll's Atlas Minor.
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Herman Moll  (1654–1732)  wikidata:Q1610319
 
Herman Moll
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Moll, Hermann
Description British cartographer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1654
date QS:P,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
22 September 1732 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Unknown placeUnknown place London
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