Speed 1611
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| NOTES from SPEED'S MAP of INVASIONS OF ENGLAND, 1627 | ||
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These notes are made from a map, the Invasions of England
and Ireland, etc by John Speed, published in Prospect of the
Most Famous parts of the World, by George Humble, 1627. The
maps studied for these notes are in the collection of the
Manx Museum, and the British Library, call number BL:Maps
C.7.e.13.
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The map size is: wxh, sheet = 54x42.5cm; wxh, map =
520x378mm.
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| Descriptive Text | ||
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The back of the map, and subsequent pages of the atlas have
relevant descriptive text:-
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A Briefe Description of the Civill Warres, and Battails
fought in England, Wales and Ireland.
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IN this platforme are contained (Gentle Reader) the severall
Battails fought by Sea and Land, at severall times, and in
severall places in England and Ireland, and the parts
adjoining, within these five hundred yeares last past.
Descriptio~s of pictures after the manner of fights as the
plot would give roome, I have placed, and in the margent by
numbers marked, observed the time, yeere, and event of every
battaile. ... ...
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This continued to a second page (back of the right of the
map) ending with an appeal in verse:-
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Cease civill broyles, O England subjects cease, / With
streames of blood staine this fair soyle no more: / As God,
so Kings must be obey'd with peace, / Yeeld thou thy due, to
them their right restore: / Wash with repentance, these
thine acts before: / Give loyall pledge, with might resist
her wrongs, / That raignes thy Prince, to her thy sword
belongs.
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(And 15 years later the Civil War began, about loyalty and
the divine right of kings ...) The numbered list of events
begins on this second page and continues on subsequent pages
of the atlas.
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map maker
publisher engraver |
Printed lower centre:-
Performed by John Speed, and are to besolde in Popes head alley by George Humble. Printed bottom right:- Corn~ Danckertsz: Sculpsit. |
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| title cartouche |
Printed upper right is a title cartouche with cherubs,
helmets, etc:-
The INVASIONS OF ENGLAND And IRELAND With All their Civill Wars since the Conquest |
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| coat of arms |
The royal coat of arms of the Stuarts is printed on the
map.
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orientation
compass rose rhumb lines up is N |
Printed left of centre is a magnificent compass rose;
star point for cardinal, half cardinal, and false points,
and lesser points for the by points, North marked by a fleur
de lys. Rhumb lines are drawn from the rose across the sea
areas. The map is printed with North at the top of the
sheet.
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| scale |
The map has no indication of scale. Measuring a couple of
town to town distance provides a rough estimate of
scale.
London - Bristol = 98 mm (174.1Km) London - Newcastle = 216 mm (398.8Km) The map scale is about:- 1 to 1800000 29 miles to 1 inch with a possibility that it might be a little stretched E-W. |
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sea area
sea plain coast line coast shaded |
The sea area is plain and the coast line shaded for
emphasis.
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| rivers |
Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines, but seem to be omitted
where they would interfere with the purpose of the map.
Hampshire has the Avon and Stour, the Loddon system, and the
northern Wey. The last is labelled:-
Loddon fl. |
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country
coat of arms |
The border between England and Scotland is a double line
with cross lines. Scotland, Ireland and France are
distinguished by coats of arms.
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| county |
County boundaries are dotted lines. The areas are not
labelled.
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| settlements |
Some settlements are marked and labelled, but I suspect
that they might be omitted if they were to be in the way of
the battles etc.
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| battles |
The locations of battles are shown by opposing groups of
soldiers with spears, this is labelled with place name and a
key number referring to the descriptive text on the back of
the map and subsequent pages.
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