In 1605 the publisher of the “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” Jan Baptist Vrients commissioned the production of two special maps for the proposed English edition published the following year. One of these is this fine ornate map of the whole of Ireland derived from the Baptista Boazio two sheet separately published map of 1599 which survives in only three known examples. The first state bore a dedication to James I proclaiming him King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. For the next edition in Italian text of 1608 this presented a problem. The Catholic powers did not accept James, King of a Protestant country, as King of France and Ireland in particular. Clearly he had not given himself enough time to re-engrave the plate so a paste over was printed to cover and alter the offending words. Andrews (2007). ‘Colonial Cartography in a European Setting: The Case of Tudor Ireland’, in ‘The History of Cartography’ volume 3 part 2 pp. 1675-76; Bonar-Law ‘Printed Maps of Ireland to 1612’ pp. 6-9; Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps no.23, state 2; Kelly ‘Maps of the British Isles, England and Wales, and Ireland’, in ‘Mappae Antiquae Liber Amicorum Günter Schilder’ pp. 233-7; Jonathan Potter, Collecting Antique Maps, p. 96.