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Northumberland
- Author: SPEED, John
- Publication place: London
- Publisher: Performed by Iohn Speede and are to be sould in popes head Alley over against the Exchange by Iohn Sudbury and George Humble
- Publication date: 1627
- Physical description: Engraved map with hand colouring.
- Dimensions: 380 by 510mm. (15 by 20 inches).
- Inventory reference: 11771
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A beautifully coloured map of Northumberland, with inset maps of Berwick and Newcastle, and a side panel showing Roman antiquities. Hadrian’s Wall is visible, marked as “the Pictes Wall”.
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 Humble.
Bibliography
- Chubb XXV.
Chubb, T., Skells, J. and Beharrell, H. (1977). The printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland. Folkestone: Dawson.
Biography
SPEED, John 1551/2 - 1629
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