[Derbyshire] Darbieshire
described 1610.
London,
Performed by John Speede, and are to be sold in popes head Alley by Iohn Sudbury and G. Humble,
[1627].
Engraved map with hand colouring.
380 by 510mm. (15 by 20 inches).
11763
notes:
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...
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...
bibliography:
Chubb XXV.
provenance:
Rare railway map of England and Wales printed on silk
Campbell’s map of Scotland
The first official Qing dynasty map to depict the entire island of Taiwan, including its eastern territories 

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