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The Invasions of England and Ireland
with all their civill wars since the conquest.
London,
Performed by John Speed and are to be solde in Popes head alley by George Humble,
[1627].
375 by 515mm. (14.75 by 20.25 inches).
11913
notes:
A map of the United Kingdom noting every time the country has been invaded before the year of the map's production.
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...
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...
bibliography:
Chubb XXV.
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