City Maps of Olde England Book of Postcards Aa384

With the publication of The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine in 1611, John Speed launched Britain into the modern era of mapmaking. Speed (1552–1629) was an antiquarian who helped preserve many legends about Britain’s history, but his unique maps are his chief legacy. Speed’s atlas consisted of sixty-seven maps—complemented by descriptive and informative text—of all the counties and regions of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. He acknowledged that the maps were based on the work of e...