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Buckingham
both Shyre, and Shire towne describ.
London,
Performed by Iohn Speed and are to be sold in Popes head alley by G. Humbell,
[1627].
Engraved map with hand colouring.
380 by 510mm. (15 by 20 inches).
11797
notes:
A beautifully coloured map of Buckinghamshire, with inset maps of the towns of Buckingham and Reading.
John Speed (1552-1629) was the outstanding cartographer of his age. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' was the first atlas of the British Isles: Speed prepared the maps himself about two years before they were published. His maps and books dominated the seventeenth-century English market. The present map is taken from the 1627 English edition published by George Hu...
John Speed (1552-1629) was the outstanding cartographer of his age. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' was the first atlas of the British Isles: Speed prepared the maps himself about two years before they were published. His maps and books dominated the seventeenth-century English market. The present map is taken from the 1627 English edition published by George Hu...
bibliography:
Chubb XXV.
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