A beautifully coloured map of Derbyshire, with insets of the city of Derby and the springs at Buxton.
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 Humb...
A beautifully coloured map of Derbyshire, with insets of the city of Derby and the springs at Buxton.
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.
Iran becomes acquainted with the potato
1 × £8,000
Blaeu’s Atlas of England and Wales in full red morocco
1 × £35,000
The first English map of Africa
1 × £2,500
The first English printed map of Asia
1 × £2,500
Speed’s map of Denmark
1 × £900
Speed’s Map of Virginia and Maryland
1 × £4,000
Speed’s map of Italy
1 × £2,500
Blaeu’s Atlas of England and Wales in full red morocco 
The first English map of Africa 
The first English printed map of Asia 
Speed’s map of Denmark 
Speed’s Map of Virginia and Maryland 
Speed’s map of Italy 
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