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Oxfordshire described with ye citie and the armes of the colledges of ye famous university Anno 1605.
- Author: SPEED, John
- Publication place: London
- Publisher: Performed by John Speede and are to be sold in popes head alley against the Exchange by I.S. & G.H.
- Publication date: 1627
- Physical description: Engraved map with hand colouring.
- Dimensions: 380 by 520mm. (15 by 20.5 inches).
- Inventory reference: 11802
Notes
A map of Oxfordshire, with an inset map of the city of Oxford and a border made up of the coats of arms of the university colleges. At the bottom, the scale bar has been decorated with a globe and two scholars, one of whom is using a pair of compasses to measure out the scale bar.
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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