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Cork Harbour Fort Camden
Record Plan of Brennan Torpedo Installation

Reference Date of War Office Authority: 20th July 1889 Date of Commencement of work: 4th November 1889 Date of Completion of work: 25 Feburary 1893

Map - Partial

Brennan Torpedo Installation depicting layout including surrounding buildings and final tramway arrangement.

This final track arrangement can be confirmed by studying current pictures of the Architectural features of the Brennan Torpedo…

Tags: #BrennanTorpedo, #Invention, 18" narrow gauge, architectural, Brennan Torpedo Installation, map, Railway, screen grab, tramway

Hark! Hark! The Dogs do Bark
with Note by Walter Emanuel

Satirical Map featuring the Dogs of War loose in Europe. Written explanation adds to the striking visual narrative of early WW1 events.

Tags: 127 Strand, 1914, G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., Hark Hark the dogs do Bark!, London, Map of Europe at War, One Shilling, Price, Serio-Comique, Walter Emanuel

Angling in Troubled Waters

A Serio-Comic Map of Europe featuring tales and tackle of the day.

Upended countries struggle under the weight of war and trust.

Tags: 1899, A Serio-Comic Map of Europe, Angling in Troubled Waters, Author, comic, Cornell, europe, Fred W. Rose, Library, map, National Library, Octopus map of Europe, Sweden, University

Map of England

A Modern Saint George and the Dragon

Satirical Map of England and Wales depicting the Irish Home Rule Woes - 1886. St. George is Lord Salisbury who inflicts pain on the Dragon: Prime Minister William Gladstone.

Look closely to see Charles…

Tags: 1886, 1888, A Modern Saint George and the Dragon, Charles Stewart Parnell, Dragon, England, Lord Salisbury, map, Map of England, st. george, William Gladstone.

Seat of War

The Crimean War which waged between 1853-1856 is told in animalistic caricature with glimpses of human interaction throughout. This comic cartograph brings a sense of reality to unfolding conflicts of war.

Tags: 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Crimean War, europeana, London, map, Rock brothers & Payne, The Seat of War

L'Europe en ce Moment - Fantasie Politico-Geographique

Europe at This Moment - A Political-Geographic Fantasy

A satirical reflection of the Franco-Prussian war in cartographic format. The defeat of France, Prussian Southern unity and the rise of Germany, dominate the caricatures in this visually…

Tags: 1872, A Political-Geographic Fantasy, Cornell University, Europe at This Moment, Fantasie Politico-Geographique, L'Europe en ce Moment, Library, map, wikimedia, Yves & Barret

Fort Camden, County of Cork

Technical Drawing of Fort Camden Surveyed in 1880 under the direction of Captain G. I. Gould R. E. & revised up to 1 Mar 1882 R. M. Sandford Lieut - Colonel C. R. E.

Tags: 1880, 1881, 1882, C. R. E., Captain G. I. Gould R. E., cork, County of Cork, Fort Camden, G. I. Gould, lieut.-col., map, R. E., R. M. Sandford Lieut - Colonel C. R. E., R. M. Standford, Royal Engineers, technical drawing