![]() The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. ![]() Ireland, Geography of Ireland, History of Ireland and Politics of Ireland Independent country since 1916, recognized 1922, member of the ► European Union since 1973Įnglish (official), Irish (national and official) Cé gur fhan an Phoblacht neodrach le linn an Dara Chogaidh Domhanda agus cogaí eile ó shin, is ballstát de na Náisiúin Aontaithe agus den Aontas Eorpach í, ach ní dheachaigh sí isteach in ECAT, ar eagraíocht míleata é. Éire an teideal oifigiúil atá ar an stát as Gaeilge – leis an gcur síos oifigiúil ( Poblacht na hÉireann). eIs le Tuaisceart Éireann, atá laistigh den Ríocht Aontaithe, an chuid eile den oileán. Is stát í Éire ar an gcuid is mó d'oileán na hÉireann, amach ó chósta thiar-thuaidh na hEorpa. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as Northern Ireland and is part of the ► United Kingdom. It is a member of the European Union, has a developed economy and a population of almost 4.6 million (2011 census). The state's constitutional name is Ireland and this is how international organisations and residents usually refer to the country. Ireland is a sovereign state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. The Wikimedia Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. Jersey – Limited recognition: Abkhazia ‡.Ortelius's small Atlas The Epitome published from 1590 ran for many editions and was very popular.Specific status: Akrotiri and Dhekelia ‡ with many newly prepared maps began to supersede Ortelius' work. Publication reverted to the Plantin Press, under the control of the Moretus brothers, from 1612.Īlthough only the relatively unsuccessful atlases of De Jode and, ultimately, Mercator were published during the sixteenth century life of the Theatrum …, in 1607 Jodocus Hondius's issue of Mercator's Atlas. Between 16 it was published by Johann Baptist Vrients, who added a variety of fine maps including the very decorative large plates of England and Wales, and of Ireland. Amongst this latter category, the maps added in the 1580's and 90's of the world, the Americas, China, the Pacific, Japan, Peru and Florida, and Iceland are important historically and justly famous.The maps themselves are finely engraved, often very decorative and generally found with text on the reverse.Īfter Ortelius' death in 1598 the atlas continued to be printed and published by the Plantin Press. Marcel Van Den Broecke, whose fascinating work on Ortelius and his maps is often quoted, estimates that around 7300 complete atlases were published using a total of 234 copperplates, either replacements or reworkings as plates became out-dated, worn, or as new information became available. Over 30 different editions, with text in Latin, French, Dutch, German, Italian, English or Spanish, testify to the popularity and esteem attributed to the work. It was also an immediate commercial success, being reprinted four times in 1570. The atlas achieved instant fame as "the world's first regularly produced atlas" (Skelton), being the first atlas with maps prepared to a uniform format. Having already become probably the greatest cartographic bibliographer of the period, Ortelius was able to prepare 53 map sheets based on the most up-to-date information, which were engraved by Frans Hogenberg, and first published in 1570. At this time, Ortelius also began preparing his greatest project, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. From about 1560, possibly as a result of his friendship with Mercator, Ortelius began to produce maps - an eight sheet world map being the earliest.
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