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Thanks to the Special Collections team at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), maps of Ulster dating from c.1594 to 1609 can now be viewed freely online.

A General Description of Ulster 1602-1603

First published in 1861, the "Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ireland, 1609" atlas is the newest digital addition to the QUB Special Collection online. Among the 31 facsimiles of maps of Ireland dating from c.1594 to 1609, in this collection are:

  • Bartlett’s Maps of Ulster;
  • the Bodley Maps;
  • The Siege of Enniskillen Castle map by John Thomas 1594
  • an index and a letter relating to the plantation mapping in 1609.

For more information see the QUB Special Collections blog (Feb 2020). To BROWSE the full atlas CLICK HERE. 

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