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.
Alternate Title(s):: Second booke: containing the principality of Wales
Published / Created:: Imprinted at London : Are to be sold by George Humble at the Whit Horse in Popes-head Alley, [1650]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([16], 5-8, 146 [i.e. 280], [10] pages) : illustrations, maps ; 45 cm (folio)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:: Scales differ.
Notes:: Issued with: Speed, John. A prospect of the most famous parts of the world. London : William Humble, 1646.
Subject Terms:: Great Britain -- Description and travel. | Great Britain -- Maps. | Ireland -- Description and travel. | Ireland -- Maps.
Form/Genre:: Atlases.
Contributors:: Humble, William, 1611–1686, publisher. | Legate, John, -1658, printer. | Hondius, Jodocus, 1563–1612, engraver. | Schweitzer, Christoph, engraver. | Camden, William, 1551–1623. Britannia.