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17th Century Pictorial Map of Galway City
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Collection 17th Century Pictorial Map of Galway City
Title 17th Century Pictorial Map of Galway City
Description The map is a bird's eye view of a town surrounded on three sides by water, the River Corrib in the foreground, its tributaries, and the sea.
Date Created 01/01/1651
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id P133/5/2/1/37
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 1 photograph
Topic Map,Cartography
Geographic Ireland,Galway
Temporal Seventeenth Century
Note Exact date unknown. The map is often assumed to have been drawn in connection with last-ditch negotiations to secure military assistance from Charles, Duke of Lorraine in 1651.
Related Item (Web Link) https://library.nuigalway.ie/digitalscholarship/projects/17th-century-map-of-galway-city/#