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John Cary: A New Map of Ireland, Divided into its Provinces and Counties: Also, The Opposite Coasts of Scotland and Wales; shewing the several Ports form whence the Packets depart for Ireland.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Cary  (1755–1835)  wikidata:Q3446124 s:en:Author:John Cary
 
Alternative names
J. Cary
Description cartographer, printmaker, mapseller, printseller, globe maker and merchant
Date of birth/death 23 February 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 16 August 1835 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Corsley Edit this at Wikidata Mortlake Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1779 Edit this at Wikidata–1835 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3446124
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A New Map of Ireland, Divided into its Provinces and Counties: Also, The Opposite Coasts of Scotland and Wales; shewing the several Ports form whence the Packets depart for Ireland.
Description
English: John Cary’s wonderful 1799 Map of the Ireland. Depicts the Emerald Isle in considerable detail with color coding at the county and province level. Also includes parts of nearby Scotland and Wales. Figures above many of the town names denote distance along the roads from Dublin. Prepared in 1799 by John Cary for issue in his magnificent 1808 New Universal Atlas .
Date 1799 (dated)
Dimensions height: 18 in (45.7 cm); width: 20.5 in (52 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,18U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Ireland-cary-1799
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Cary, John, Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the World. From the latest and best authorities extant. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver and Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, 1808.

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