Old Map of Hampshire 1611 by John Speed - Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton serene Alaska scenery reflecting shifting borders and a

reflecting shifting borders and a world in flux

Venture through a period when San Francisco balanced frontier legends with modern ambition

This map is an exceptional gift for historians

Modern printing captures the calligraphy associated with estate names and parochial designations

this piece is both an artistic and historical snapshot of the island’s layout nearly a century ago

Old Map of Hampshire 1611 by John Speed - Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton serene Alaska scenery reflecting shifting borders and aThis vibrant, full colour map of Hampshire was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, first published in 1611 as part of Speed's landmark work "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine." It remains one of the finest and most detailed early depictions of this historic county, complete with an ornate engraving of Winchester then, as now, Hampshire's county town plus the coats of arms of the Earls of Winchester and the Royal seal