Published by John Speed - 1650
A Superb Map for Collectors.
The map of "The Kingdom of England" was based on a plate from Christopher Saxton's Atlas of 1579. Speede made a number important improvements on Saxton's work introducing new natural features such as lakes, woods, rivers and towns together with
detailed county boundaries. The borders of the map show a series of costumed figures from village people to gentry.
50 x 37.3cms (approximately 19.5 x 14.5 Inches) England & Wales £7.95 ($12.90 US Dollars)
The map includes a fascinating gazetteer incorporated that lists amongst other data the numbers of Cities, Bishops, Castles, Rivers and Parks within each county.
See also: Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 . . .
