Old Map of Connacht in 1611 by John Speed - Galway, Sligo, Castlebar world geography gift and even before Christopher Saxton's

and even before Christopher Saxton's county atlas

and the sea

from bustling industrial centres to smaller market towns threaded together by branch lines and canal routes

enhancing the depth and clarity of the stellar formations

Old Map of Connacht in 1611 by John Speed - Galway, Sligo, Castlebar world geography gift and even before Christopher Saxton'sCreated by John Speed and engraved by the Amsterdam mapmaker Jodocus Hondius, this map of Connacht first appeared in Speed's landmark 1611 atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine the first atlas ever devoted entirely to the British Isles. It shows Ireland's westernmost province in fine hand coloured style, taking in the counties of Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon as they were understood at the start of the seventeenth century.