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Title: A New Map of Ireland Divided into Its Provinces, Counties and Baronies, Wherein Are Distinguished the Bishopricks, Borroughs, Barracks, Bogs, Passes, Bridges &c. with the Principal Roads, and the Common Reputed Miles, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations by Herman Moll Geographer

Section Titles: A Catalogue of ye Towns & Places, where Barracks are Erected, for Quartering ye Standing Army, with ye Number of Troops and Companys which each of them are to Contain thro' out the Kingdom. Dublin. Corke. The Harbour of Kinsale. Limrick. Waterford. Gallway. The Isle of St. Patrick's Purgatory in the County of Dunnagall. Gyants Cawsway in the County of Antrim.

Notes: To His Grace Charles Duke of Shrewsbury, Ld. High Treasurer of Great Britain, Ld. Chamberlain of His Majesty's Houshold, Ld. Leutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, Knight of ye Most Noble Order of the Garter &c. This Map is humbly Dedicated by your Grace's most humble Servant H. Moll Geographer.

NB. This Map has all the Improvments of Hen. Pratt viz The Roads, Computed Miles from Town to Town &c.

NB. The Circles above mention'd called Beds are surrounded with stone walls, scarce three foot high were places for Pilgrims to do Penance in.. As to the Cave it self, its cut out of the Rock, covered with broad stones at top and green turf over them; when the Door is shut, its Lighted only with one litle window in the Corner. The Church was anciently called Regles.

A Draught of the Gyants Causey, being a most stupendious Pile of Columns & as remarkable a natural Curiosity of the sort as any in Europe. It runs from the Bottom of a high Hill a great way into the Sea, consists of above a Hundred Thousand Stone Pillars, all smooth, but very unequall in Height and Breadth; some of them being ten, others twenty and some six and thirty Foot high.

Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court in ye Strand, I. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, P. Overton Map & Printseller near St. Dunstans Church Fleetstreet, and T. Bowles Print & Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church Yard. And by I. King Map and Printseller at the Globe in the Poultry.

Dimensions: 101 × 61 cm

Scale: c. 1:550,000
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Source Norman Bleventhal Map Center Flickr account, sharing a scan of a copy (G1015 .M65 1709) held by the Boston Public Library
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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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