**The cartographers who found the shape of Ireland**

"_A breakthrough came in 1792, when Daniel Beaufort, a Church of Ireland clergyman and scientist, produced the most geometrically accurate map of Ireland to date._"

🔗 https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1101/1535882-the-cartographers-who-found-the-shape-of-ireland/.

#History #Histodons #Culture #Maps #Cartography #Ireland #Nonfiction #Books #Bookstodon