A map of Ireland from the ascension of Queen Elizabeth (1558) to the end of the Cromwellian conquest and the Act for the Settlement of Ireland (1652). This map is color-coded to show the territories of the expanded English Pale, the Elizabethan Plantations, the Jacobean territories (under King James I), unplanted districts, settlements on a Native basis, and Scottish settlements.The map also shows the locations of several battle sites, including Rathmines, Scariffholis, Benburb, Sligo, Curlew Pass, Clones, Dangan Hill, Kilrush, Affane, and Kinsale.