John Speed's map of America
John Speed
AMERICA with those know parts in that unknowne worlde
bothpeople and manner of buildings. Discribed and inlarged
by I. S. Ano. 1626. Are to be sold in pops-head
alley against the Exchange by G. Humble. Abraham Goos Amstelodamensis
Sculpsit.
Views at top border: Havan port; S. Domingo; Cartagena; Cusco;
Il of Moca in Chili; R. Ianeiro; & Olinda.
Inset map showing the northern part of America to the North Pole.
Inhabitants: Groenlandian; Virginian; K. of Florida; Wo[man] of Mexico;
K. of newe England. Right side: Peruviane; Brasiliane; Brasiliane [woman];
a Mochan; and Magellanican.
Repairs to centre fold and the bottom corners of the margins, not affecting
the printed surface.
£3,000
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