John Speed 1542-1629, English
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John Speed 1542-1629, English
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John Speed (1542-1629), English cartographer and historian, 1816. Speed is probably the most famous of British mapmakers. In 1612 he published The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, an atlas containing 67 maps of English and Welsh counties, and in 1627 he became the first English cartographer to produce a world atlas. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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