Speed's Carte à Figure of Italy Printed Area Measurement_19 x 27.5 cm Bellin compiled maps like this

Bellin compiled maps like this one of Japan and Korea for Prévost's Histoire Générale des Voyages

The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success

light stain in upper part of the image

Printed label of J

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Speed's Carte à Figure of Italy Printed Area Measurement_19 x 27.5 cm Bellin compiled maps like thisThis 'carte figure' map of Italy includes eight costume vignettes and six city views around the edges, with the coats of arms of Corsica and Sardinia. John Speed (1552 1629) is unquestionably the most significant English map maker of the seventeenth century. The first edition of Speed's Theatre was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles, and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great