Museum Selection Historic Jigsaw West & South West England
Description
A historic county map jigsaw reproducing one of John Speed’s (1552–1629) cartographic masterpiece series. First published in 1611, ‘The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine’ was the first attempt to chart the British Isles as a largescale atlas; an immediate success, the work was reprinted in many editions. Arguably England’s greatest cartographer, Speed employed the latest sources to create the most accurate maps of their time; he elevated mapping to an art, with the inclusion of decorative details, borders and town plans that have made the maps especially prized.
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