 This was the catalyst for his literary career; his work "Topographia Hibernica" (first circulated in manuscript in 1188, and revised at least four more times) is an account of his journey to Ireland; Gerald always referred to it as his "Topography", though "History" is the more accurate term.He followed it up, shortly afterward, with an account of Henry's conquest of Ireland, the "Expugnatio Hibernica".Both works were revised and added to several times before his death, and display a notable degree of Latin learning, as well as a great deal of prejudice against a foreign people.