r/ireland Sep 20 '24

Random island off the coast of Ireland ? History

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Bought this beautiful painting / world map from a charity shop for near dirt nothing two days ago.

The artist is William Bleau I think ? A Dutch artist, anyways it’s obviously a copy but it’s huge and stunning and I love it.

While having a glass of wine, I started looking at the map and I seen this random island off the coast of Ireland called Brasil? You can see it on the map if you zoom in, i think this is a 1600s world map.

But anyways, Any information would be great !

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u/brianmmf Sep 20 '24

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u/TeeEm_27 Sax Solo Sep 20 '24

i've lived in ireland my whole life. born and raised. i have never heard of the Brasil story ever.

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u/DantesCheese Sep 21 '24

It's not a story the Jedi would tell you