Speed’s Map of Scotland Mapmaker(s)_Innocenzo Mattaei 2nd Duke of Albemarle

2nd Duke of Albemarle

they prove a highly effective means of drawing the eye to the stations without intruding greatly on the surrounding cartography

This map of Zara and Sebinico on the Croatian coast is from the second series of maps engraved for the Epitome by Philip Galle

Theatrum Europaeum and the Topographia Germaniae

corresponding to a key on banners carried by putti in the upper corners of the image

Speed’s Map of Scotland Mapmaker(s)_Innocenzo Mattaei 2nd Duke of AlbemarleCartographically Speed follows Mercator, but his is one of the most distinctive and decorative early maps of Scotland. The portraits in the borders originally represented James VI and I and his family, including a young Prince Charles. The royal family was burnished from the copper plate during the Interregnum and replaced with the commoners seen here: a Scotch man and woman, and a Highland man and woman (notable as early depictions of tartan). John