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private collection:-
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Map, coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about
36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett,
Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676.
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The map has been coloured at a late date, very badly, probably using the wrong
sort of paints with heavy pigments and too clumsy a brush and hand.
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & strapwork cartouche & vignettes & coat of arms
& inset map & compass rose & up is N & labelled borders &
lat and long scales & lat and long grid & scale line & sea plain
& swash lettering & coast shaded & sea monsters & ships &
relief & rivers & bridges & woods & forests & trees &
country & county & settlements |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
THE KINGDOME OF GREAT / BRITAINE AND IRELAND / by I. Speed.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- lower right
Are to be sold by Tho: Bassett / in Fleet street and Ric: Chiswell / in St.
Pauls Churchyard.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- lower left above scale line
Common: Mill.
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scale line:-
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80 miles = 57.1 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 56x44cm |
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wxh, plate = 517x388mm |
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wxh, map = 512x383mm |
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Map Group -- Speed 1611 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 16.12.2002 |
