Dublin: Mapping the City Art the book traces the growth

the book traces the growth and development of Dublin from the early seventeenth century to the present day

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Dublin: Mapping the City Art the book traces the growthBirlinn, 2023 Hardback, 252 pages Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of information. Until the twentieth century and the arrival of aerial images, a map was the best way of getting a sense of what a city looked like on the ground. Through a carefully chosen selection of maps, the book traces the growth and development of Dublin from the early seventeenth century to the present day,