Huntington
both shire and shire towne with the ancient citie Ely described.
London,
Performed by Iohn Speed, And are to be sold in Popes-head alley by George Humbell,
[1627].
Engraved map with hand colouring.
380 by 510mm. (15 by 20 inches).
11767
notes:
A beautifully coloured map of Huntingdonshire, with insets of Huntingdon and Ely.
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. ...
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.
provenance:
A revolution in Geology – “The Map that Changed the World”
England and Wales as an old man
Speed’s battle map
Blaeu’s Grand Atlas
Greenough’s riposte to Smith in the battle of the geological maps
Greenough recognises his debt to William Smith
Once upon a time, in a land far away…
London
“…the six maps of England that are bound up for the pocket” (Samuel Pepys)
William West’s rare map of England and Wales
Jefferys’s edition of Saxton’s Atlas of England and Wales 


