Ireland is shaped like a pancake if a 1468 map is to be believed. Drawn by Italian cartographer Grazioso Benincasa, it has 57 identifiable modern place-names, such as Porto Rosso (Portrush), Drogda (Drogheda) and Bre (Bray), along with some rivers and offshore islands. Benincasa did not draw the map based on his own survey but ... Read more
