Doctor’s atlas proved just the remedy for a changing world

A world atlas produced by a Dublin-born man who is considered the first US commercial publisher made its way to the Irish capital to be sold at auction house Adam’s (25% buyer’s premium).

Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was responsible for the first world atlases to be made stateside. Earlier…

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