Speed's Map of Cardiganshire Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 34 cm This miniature map of the

This miniature map of the Electoral Palatinate is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri

to verso of the map and to slipcase label

‘routes muletière’ (presumably tracks suitable for pack animals)

in the London Library (no maps)

Speed's Map of Cardiganshire Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 34 cm This miniature map of theCardigan Shyre described with the due forme of the Shiretown as it was surveyed by JS. Anno 1610 John Speed (1552 1629) is unquestionably the most significant English map maker of the seventeenth century. A brief note, from Granger's Bibliographical History of England (1779) contains most of the information we have about Speed's life: "John Speed, who was bred a Tailor, was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil, his patron, set free from a manual