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The county Westmorland
and Kendale the chief towne described with the armes of such nobles as have bene earles of either of them.
London,
Performed Iohn Speede and are to be sold by George Humble in Popes head alley against the Exchange,
[1627].
Engraved map with hand colouring.
380 by 510mm. (15 by 20 inches).
11775
notes:
A beautifully coloured map of Westmorland, with an inset map of Kendall and a description of the marriage of Saint Margaret of Scotland and Malcolm III.
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 fro...
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 fro...
bibliography:
Chubb XXV.
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