Gloucestershire Old County Map by John Speed
Map Description John Speeds County Map of Gloucestershire 1611Gloucestershire Old County Map by John Speed
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This map of Gloucestershire 1611 has town plans if Gloucester and Bristol illustrated, including a legend and short history. Also illustrated are coats of arms of the Earls and Dukes of Gloucester, this includes the Royal coat of arms. There are also depictions and details of the battles of Alney and Tewkesbury on this map. John Speed, a tailor's son from Cheshire is, perhaps, the most famous of British cartographers and one of the earliest. Whilst in his 50's, aided by his patron, Sir Fulke Greville, he produced "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain", a book of county maps to accompany a history of Great Britain All of the John Speed maps in the mapseeker collection have been painstakingly reproduced working directly from antique originals and hand painted to bring out the finest colour detail before scanning. Available in all product sizes they look most handsome framed and displayed
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