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John Speed: Essex

Map: ESSEX1275
 
Cartographer: John Speed
Title: Essex
Date: 1676
Published: London
Width: 20 inches / 51 cm
Height: 15 inches / 39 cm
Map ref: ESSEX1275
Description:
Striking and celebrated county map of Essex with inset plan of Colchester. Published by Bassett & Chiswell. Decorative illustrations, silk sea, heraldry of Essex Earls, and coins with busts of Roman Emporers adorn the map, with intricately engraved strapwork.

English text on verso. Image available on request.

Coloured. [Skelton, R. A.: "County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703": 18] [ESSEX1275]