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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Series
Public Record Office Library: Miscellaneous Maps and Atlases
Catalogue reference: ZMAP 1
What's it about?
ZMAP 1
This series contains a miscellany (of unidentified provenance) of maps and atlases; of the latter, some are standard, published works, others are factice atlases (ie bound artificial collections), and consist, in many cases, of accumulations of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZMAP 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office Library: Miscellaneous Maps and Atlases
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1610-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a miscellany (of unidentified provenance) of maps and atlases; of the latter, some are standard, published works, others are factice atlases (ie bound artificial collections), and consist, in many cases, of accumulations of antiquarian maps by well-known cartographers.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Non record material
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 141 flat sheets, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14722/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
350 records
Within the department: ZMAP
Maps and plans formerly held by the Public Record Office Library
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Public Record Office Library: Miscellaneous Maps and Atlases
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