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Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728) is an early map of
Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
,
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, and was one of the first detailed attempts at mapping the city of Dublin.


Background

The map was completed by Charles Brooking (1677–1738), an engraver, illustrator and map maker of English origin, and printed in London by John Bowles at The Mercer's Hall in 1728. Brooking is recorded as working at
Greenwich Hospital (London) Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, initially Greenwich Palace, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the Uni ...
between 1729 and 1736 as a painter and decorator. He had earlier been active in
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and
Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
where he is recorded as working at Trinity College Dublin in 1723–25. It is likely his son was
Charles Brooking Charles Brooking ( –1759) was an English painter of marine scenes. Life It is highly probable that Brooking’s father was a Charles Brooking (1677–1738) who was recorded as employed by Greenwich Hospital (London) between 1729 and 1736 ...
, a notable painter of marine scenes in his own right, who was earlier apprenticed to his father. The map was one of the first accurate maps of the modern Dublin Georgian streetscape and includes 20 notable Dublin buildings and structures which are embedded as vignettes within the borders of the map. As of 2024, a number of these structures remain intact. The map also contains the coats of arms of the various
Guilds of the City of Dublin The Guilds of the City of Dublin were associations of trade and craft practitioners, with regulatory, mutual benefit and shared religious purposes. In their eventual number they were sometimes called the "25 ''minor corporations''", in contrast ...
. It was the first detailed map of Dublin carried out since
John Speed John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.; superseding . The son of a citizen and Merchant Taylor in London,"Life of John Speed", ''The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compe ...
's map of 1610.


List of illustrations


See also

* Cartography of Dublin *
Herman Moll Herman Moll (mid-17th century – 22 September 1732) was a British cartographer, engraver, and publisher. Origin and early life While Moll's exact place and date of birth are unknown, he was probably born in the mid-17th century in German ...
*
James Malton James Malton (1761–1803) was an Irish engraver and watercolourist, who once taught geometry and perspective. He worked briefly as a draughtsman in the office of the celebrated Irish architect James Gandon. He is best known for a series of ...
*
Joseph Tudor Joseph Tudor (1695–1759) was an Irish landscape artist active during the 18th century, working primarily in Dublin. Tudor was influenced by earlier landscape artists such as Willem Van der Hagen. Among his most notable works are topographical ...
* Jonas Blaymire *
John Speed John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.; superseding . The son of a citizen and Merchant Taylor in London,"Life of John Speed", ''The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compe ...


References


External links

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Link to map on archive.orgLink to British Library version of the map
18th-century maps and globes 18th century in Dublin (city) 1728 documents 1728 in Ireland Maps of Ireland History of Dublin (city)