Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Title:
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine : presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning : with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within [the] kingdome of England, divided and described / by Iohn Speed.
Published / Created:
Imprinted at London : And are to be sold by George Humble at the Whit horse in Popes-head Alley, 1627.
Physical Description:
[16], 146, [10] pages, [134] leaves of plates : maps ; 45 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Probably issued separately and together with: Speed, John. A prospect of the most famous parts of the world. London : George Humble, 1627. See Skelton's introduction to the 1966 facsimile edition of the Prospect.
Exhibition History:
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Description and travel. | Great Britain -- Maps. | Ireland -- Description and travel. | Ireland -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Atlases.
Contributors:
Humble, George, -1640, bookseller. | Dawson, John, -1634? printer. | Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, engraver. | Schweitzer, Christoph, engraver. | Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia.