A General Mapp of Ireland (Sir William Petty, Hiberniae Delineatio atlas, c. 1685)
Image
The contemporary cartographic record of Ireland during the lifetimes of Brant Hindman's documented Irish ancestors. Every parish where they lived, every barony they held land in, every road they would have travelled — captured on the Petty atlas's general overview sheet.
Petty General Mapp of Ireland (1685)
Creator
Sir William Petty (1623-1687), engraver unknown; published in the Hiberniae Delineatio atlas, London/Dublin
Physical form
Copper-engraved map with hand-coloring, decorative cartouche with putti and sea creatures, scale bars showing both English (Miliarium Anglicarum) and Irish (Miliarium Hibernicorum) miles
Current location
Original copperplate engravings: National Library of Ireland (Dublin), British Library (London), Trinity College Dublin. Digitized copies on Wikimedia Commons and the Clare Library historical maps collection.
Provenance
Image supplied by Brant Hindman 2026-06-05 during the lineage.thegoodsite.co Hindman family build session. Public domain by virtue of age (pre-1900).
Content note
The general overview map from Sir William Petty's Hiberniae Delineatio (1685) — the first printed atlas of Ireland and the first in Europe based on measured surveys. Petty conducted the Down Survey (1655-1658) for Cromwell's regime; this general map was the front sheet of the atlas. The map depicts Ireland during the exact era when Brant Hindman's Irish ancestors lived: Hugh O'Neil (1605-1660 Omagh, Tyrone); his daughter Bridgit O'Neil Dennan (b. 1630); John Ewing (1648-1745, Donegal then Virginia); Jennet McElvaney (b. 1663 Donegal); Sir William Ewing II Baron (1625-1718, lived Coleraine Co. Londonderry 1684); and Rev. John Hindman (1720 Co. Londonderry). This map is the single best visual anchor for the Irish chapter of Brant's family history.
Background on Sir William Petty's Hiberniae Delineatio atlas (1685), the first printed atlas of Ireland and the contemporary cartographic anchor for Brant Hindman's Irish ancestor generations (Hugh O'Neil 1605-1660 Omagh; John Ewing 1648-1745 Donegal; Sir William Ewing II Baron Coleraine 1684).
Provenance note for the Petty 1685 General Mapp image used on the site
image-provenance · 2026-06-05 · Brant Hindman
Brant supplied an image of Petty's 1685 'A Generall Mapp of Ireland' during the lineage.thegoodsite.co Hindman family build session. The work is public domain by age (published 1685, over 340 years ago). To activate the image on the site, save the supplied JPG to /Users/omosha/Desktop/Desktops Files/Agents/theA-team/product_ops/lineage-platform/public/families/hindman/images/era/petty-general-mapp-of-ireland-1685.webp. Any subsequent deploy will publish the image.
