07 April 2010

Plan Of The City And Environs Of Dublin 1798

The sample is extracted from another excellent city map placed online by MAPCO at its own url http://dublin1798.com/. It shows the Dublin area, Richmond - Ringsend - Mt Pleasant - Phoenix Park and includes "existing and intended buildings, County Boundaries, North and South Divisions, and the Earl of Meath's Liberty."

The scale is "3½" : ½ Irish Mile". If, like me, this is your first encounter with an Irish Mile, according to Wikipedia it is, or was, 6,720 feet or 1.27 statute miles.

Image courtesy of MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online

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