Janssonius’ Map of Connaught Author(s)_Theophrastus This edition of Lizars’ railway

This edition of Lizars’ railway map was published c

printed over 45 year period between 1572 and 1617

published concurrently with the standard first edition - at roughly twice the price - it wasn’t strictly limited to subscribers

Map of the North West Circuit of the Principality of Wales

In this period small coastal kingdoms on the island also began to flourish through the slave trade

Janssonius’ Map of Connaught Author(s)_Theophrastus This edition of Lizars’ railwayProvincia Connachtiae. The Province of Connaught Joannes Janssonius II (1588 1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Hondius, worked on a revised edition of the Mercator Hondius atlas (which was known as the Atlas Novus from 1638 onwards). The Hondius Janssonius map publishing business traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator. Mercator coined the term 'atlas' (after the wise, mythical, Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan)