The Mape of Hungari

Speed John ( 1552 - 1629 ) London

Verlag: Artist: Speed John ( - 1629 ) London issued in: London; - John Speed was an English cartographer and historian He is known as England's most famous Stuart period mapmaker It was with the encouragement of William Camden that Speed began his Historie of Great Britaine which was published in 1611 Although he probably had access to historical sources that are now lost to us his work as a historian is considered mediocre and secondary in importance to his map-making of which his most important contribution is probably his town plans many of which provide the first visual record of the British towns they depict Much of the engraving was done in Amsterdam at the workshop of Jodocus Hondius His maps of English counties are often found framed in hom, 1552

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Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 39,5 x 51 cm; - Decorative map of Hungary with side pannels : 8 figuratives on the right and left side and 4 city views of Pressbourg, Ofen, Comorra and Raab. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers EUH3670_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Mape of Hungari

Verlag: Artist: Speed John ( - 1629 ) London issued in: London; - John Speed was an English cartographer and historian He is known as England's most famous Stuart period mapmaker It was with the encouragement of William Camden that Speed began his Historie of Great Britaine which was published in 1611 Although he probably had access to historical sources that are now lost to us his work as a historian is considered mediocre and secondary in importance to his map-making of which his most important contribution is probably his town plans many of which provide the first visual record of the British towns they depict Much of the engraving was done in Amsterdam at the workshop of Jodocus Hondius His maps of English counties are often found framed in hom

Erscheinungsdatum: 1552