Speed 1611
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item:- Kendal Library : Map 114 |
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Map, uncoloured engraving, Kingdome of England, including
Wales, scale about 22 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about
1610-11, engraved by Abraham Goos, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
1646, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard
Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?
The descriptive text is A Catalogue of all the Shires, Cities, Bishopricks, Market Townes, Castles, Parishes, Rivers, Bridges, Chases, Forests, and Parkes conteyned in every particular shire of the Kingdome of England. This is a simple tabulation - Shires / Cities / Bishopricks / Mark Townes / Castles / Parish Church / Rivers / Bridges / Chases / Forests / Parkes; ...; Westmoreland / .. / .. / .4 / .6 / .25 / .8 / 15 / .. / .2 / 10; Cumberland / .1 / .1 / .8 / 15 / .58 / 20 / 33 / .. / .3 / .8; ...; 52 Shires / 25 Cities / 26 Bisho. / 641 Ma. To / 186 Castles / 9725 Par. Ch. / 55 Rivers / 956 Bridg / 13 Chases / 68 Forr. / 781 Parkes The map was included in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. The reverse of the map has pp.5, 6 of the atlas. |
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Speed 1611 | |
| map feature:- | strapwork cartouche & vignettes (A Noble Man, A Lady, A Gentleman, A Gentle Woman, A Citizen, A Citizen's Wife, A Country Man, A Country Woman) & coat of arms (royal, Stuart period, 1603-85) & beasts & labelled borders (English) & up is N & lat and long scales (longitude EtoW) & scale line & sea plain & sea monsters & galleons & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & country & county & settlements | |
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printed title cartouche, upper left of centre
THE KINGDOME / OF / ENGLAND |
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printed lower left
Abraham Goos Amsteloda / mensis sculpsit Anno 1646 |
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Described by Christopher Saxton augmented / by John Speed and are to be solde by Tho : Bassett / in Fleet street and Richard Chiswell / in St. Pauls Churchyard. |
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printed with scale line
The Scale of Miles |
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| scale line:- | 40 miles = 46.6 mm | |
| longitude, Greenwich:- | 20d 54m W | |
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printed p.5
Chap.3. 5 / THE TYPE OF THE / FLOURISHING KINGDOM OF ENGLAND, / WITH THE / General Description of it, as it was from the time of the NORMANS. / ... |
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printed p.6
6 ENGLANDS GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Book. 1. / ... |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 52x40cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 511x388mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 1400000 ? (1 to 1381411 from scale line wrongly assuming modern mile) | |