Britain''s Tudor Maps : County by County
by
John Speed
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1849943842
ISBN-13
9781849943840
Publisher
Batsford
Imprint
Batsford
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 2016
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
1,906 grams
Dimensions
31.50 x 40.90 x 1.80 cms
Ksh 6,550.00
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A stunning new edition of the earliest atlas of the British Isles, Britain’s Tudor Maps: County by County reproduces the maps of John Speed’s 1611 collection The Theatre of Great Britain in large format for the first time, with towns and topographical features wonderfully clear and easy to read alongside Alasdair Hawkyard’s fascinating commentary.
A stunning new edition of the earliest atlas of the British Isles.
Britain’s Tudor Maps: County by County reproduces the maps of John Speed’s 1611 collection The Theatre of Great Britaine in large, easy-to-read format for the first time. Compiled from 1596, these richly detailed maps show each county of Great Britain individually and as they existed at the time, complete with a wealth of heraldic decoration, illustrations and royal portraits.
With an introduction by the bestselling author Nigel Nicholson, each map is presented alongside a fascinating commentary by Alasdair Hawkyard, elaborating on both the topographical features and the social conditions of each county at the time, enabling an examination of how the physical and social landscape has been transformed over time.
Britain’s Tudor Maps: County by County reproduces the maps of John Speed’s 1611 collection The Theatre of Great Britaine in large, easy-to-read format for the first time. Compiled from 1596, these richly detailed maps show each county of Great Britain individually and as they existed at the time, complete with a wealth of heraldic decoration, illustrations and royal portraits.
With an introduction by the bestselling author Nigel Nicholson, each map is presented alongside a fascinating commentary by Alasdair Hawkyard, elaborating on both the topographical features and the social conditions of each county at the time, enabling an examination of how the physical and social landscape has been transformed over time.
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