Baynton-Williams Gallery: Fine Antiquarian Prints and Maps

John Speed America

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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