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John Speed (1551 or '52 - 28 July 1629) was the best known English mapmaker of the Stuart period. Speed came to mapmaking late in life, producing his first maps in the 1590s and entering the trade in earnest when he was almost 60 years old.

John Speed's fame, which continues to this day, lies with two atlases, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (first published 1612), and the Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (1627). While The Theatre ... started as solely a county atlas, it grew into an impressive world atlas with the inclusion of the Prospect in 1627. The plates for the atlas passed through many hands in the 17th century, and the book finally reached its apotheosis in 1676 when it was published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, with a number of important maps added for the first time.

Place/Date:
London / 1646
Size:
6.5 x 4 inches Book Size
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
86780
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93641
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97458mp2
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
95624
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
87239
Place/Date:
London / 1610 (1611)
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
68683
Place/Date:
London / 1610 circa
Size:
20.25 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94248
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
103652
Place/Date:
London / 1626
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94193
Place/Date:
London / 1611
Size:
9.5 x 7.8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
96569
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100213
Place/Date:
London / 1627
Size:
20.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100411
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75133
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54834mp2
Place/Date:
London / 1626
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71754
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54790mp2
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
75397
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 14.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
96182
Place/Date:
London / 1610 (1623)
Size:
20.25 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
100473
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 14.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
53335mp2
Place/Date:
London / 1623
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100524
Place/Date:
London / 1627
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100414
Place/Date:
London / 1610 (1623)
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100409
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54048mp2
Place/Date:
London / 1610 (1623)
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100447
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54809mp2

Archived

Place/Date:
London / 1627
Size:
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
59544
Place/Date:
London / 1626
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
26603
Place/Date:
London / 1626
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
36935
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
27772
Place/Date:
London / 1675
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
32125
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
33452
Place/Date:
London / 1626
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42663
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
21347
Place/Date:
London / 1626
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
37190
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43658
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0478
Place/Date:
London / 1676
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0556