{"product_id":"land-surveying-in-ireland-1690-1830-finnian-cionnaith-9781801510141","title":"Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690-1830: A History","description":"Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them. Although we are accustomed to seeing these beautiful documents illustrate research on the early modern period, rarely has the complex story of the processes, technology, and people that led to their creation been told. Key to this tale is the role of the land surveyor, the technical specialist who physically measured and plotted Ireland's landscape, and whose work was fundamentally intertwined with wider political, economic, and social factors that shaped national identity. This book explores the profession of surveying and those who practised it between the era of repressive land forfeitures (ending 1703) and the formation of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland (1825). It uses the careers of three prominent surveyors--Gabriel Stokes (b. 1682, d. 1768), Robert Gibson (d. 1761), and John Longfield (b. c.1775, d. 1833)--as guides to the complex, competitive, and vibrant world of independent commercial land measurement. In doing so it exposes the efforts taken by generations of land surveyors to capture the island's landscape, and meet cust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finnian ﾓ. Cionnaith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801510148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801510141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Courts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Finnian ﾓ. Cionnaith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056485822719,"sku":"9781801510141","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2293db5-a420-41b4-8cff-89d21a513245.jpg?v=1685041575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/land-surveying-in-ireland-1690-1830-finnian-cionnaith-9781801510141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}