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Old County Map of Bedfordshire 1611 by John Speed

A fine reproduction of John Speed's historical map of Bedfordshire originally published for the "Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain", an atlas to accompany "a history of Great Britain".
In the top right hand corner of this beautiful map is town plan of Bedford, which includes a legend listing all the street names, churches and important buildings. Just beneath this are three coats of arms of the Dukes of Bedford. The towns of Woburn, Luton and Dunstable are clearly marked, also shown are all of the ancient deer parks of this county. In the bottom left corner of the map is a short history describing how in legend the River Ouse stopped flowing

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Old Map of The Invasions of England and Ireland by John Speed

A facimile of John Speed's historical map of the Invasions of England and Ireland originally published for the "Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain", an atlas to accompany "a history of Great Britain"

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Old County Map of Buckinghamshire 1611 by John Speed

A fine reproduction of John Speed's historical map of Buckinghamshire originally published for the "Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain", an atlas to accompany "a history of Great Britain".
At the top corner are town plans of Buckingham and, curiously, Reading. Speed has added a note, explaining that as there was not room for the Reading plan on his map of Berkshire, as it is "one of the most ancient and chiefest" towns in the county, he has added it to the Bucks one. On the bottom corners of the map are engraved arches, containing the coats of arms of the "honourable families" of the area and the Royal Arms. The boundaries of the hundreds, large estates, towns, some villages, hills and rivers and shown. The River Thames forms the southern boundary of the county

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