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Subject:        Early Irish maps online at The National Archives, London
Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:35:45 +0100
From:   Rose Mitchell
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The National Archives has launched a digitised collection of early Irish
maps (c.1558 – c.1610) from the State Papers Ireland at

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/irishmaps.asp.

There is an article about these maps on the BBC website at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8307000/8307233.stm and an
interview about them is currently playable there at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/how_to_listen_to_today/default.stm There
is also a story about the maps on the front page of The National
Archives website

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/373.htm?WT.hp=nf-39355

The collection comprises more than 70 maps, amongst the earliest
cartographic representations of Ireland, depicting plantations,
fortifications and townships during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James
I. Attractive and colourful, these maps include the famous 1567 map of
Hibernia by John Goghe, and are normally held in our safe room. But now,
as a result of our digitisation programme, these valuable treasures are
accessible to millions globally.

Some of the maps are by Richard Bartlett, on whom John Andrews has
recently written in his book ‘The Queen's last map-maker’, obviously
drawn before Bartlett was beheaded by inhabitants of Donegal. Other well
known mapmakers of the day are represented, such as Robert Lythe,
Francis Jobson, Richard Bartlett and John Norden.


For general information about the map holdings of The National Archives
please see our map web pages at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/maps


Rose Mitchell

Map archivist , The National Archives