Old Map of Somerset in 1611 by John Speed - Wells, Glastonbury, Frome, Bridgwater Size:75x100 cm - UNFRAMED and nationalities involved in the

and nationalities involved in the Great War

Roscommon and Sligo as they were defined in the late seventeenth century

and artistic embellishments

and classical astronomical details

Old Map of Somerset in 1611 by John Speed - Wells, Glastonbury, Frome, Bridgwater Size:75x100 cm - UNFRAMED and nationalities involved in theThis county map of Somerset was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, first published in 1611 within Speed's celebrated Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. It records the ancient county in fine engraved detail at a time when Somerset's cathedral city, market towns and abbey ruins already carried centuries of history behind them. The map places particular emphasis on Wells, England's smallest cathedral city, and nearby Glastonbury