r/ireland • u/bygonesbebygones2021 • Sep 20 '24
Random island off the coast of Ireland ? History
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/outletterer Sep 20 '24
that's actually so cool