A New Map of Ireland Civil and Ecclesiastical by The Rev. D.A. Beaufort, London and Dublin, 1792. 89 x 112 Dedicated to King George the third by the author. Depicted are the counties, towns,...

A New Map of Ireland Civil and Ecclesiastical by The Rev. D.A. Beaufort, London and Dublin, 1792. 89 x 112 Dedicated to King George the third by the author. Depicted are the counties, towns, cities, villages, parishes, boroughs, churches, antiquities, rivers, mountains, lakes and islands. Title set within an engraved trade and commerce scene with a ship on the ocean, a large oak tree, a round tower and four cherubs. Contemporary colouring. Lines of latitude and longitude. Scale in English and Irish miles and French leagues. Linen backed. . Framed and glazed. abl 146 Daniel Augustus Beaufort (1739-1821), educated at Trinity College, Dublin, succeeded his father as rector of Navan, and in 1790 was presented by his friend the Right Hon. John Foster to the vicarage of Collon, Co. Louth. He was a keen geographer, and is best remembered for his Map and Memoir of Ireland. Lowndes describes the latter as: ''An exceedingly valuable work, containing a succinct account of the civil and ecclesiastical state of Ireland, and an index of all the places which appear on the author's map''.The author was the father of Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), the renowned hydrographer, who gave his name to the 'Beaufort Scale' of wind force. Provenance: Carrigglas Manor, Co. Longford

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