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Stafford Countie and Towne
with the ancient Citie Lichfield described.
London,
Performed by John Speed and are to be sold an Popes head alley by John Sudbury and George Humble,
[1627].
Hand-coloured, double-page engraved map.
385 by 510mm. (15.25 by 20 inches).
11914
notes:
A map of Staffordshire, with inset maps of Stafford and Lichfield. To the left is a vignette and description of the Battle of Blore Heath.
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 Eng...
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 Eng...
bibliography:
Chubb XXV.
