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SET OF JOHN SPEED'S MAPS OF THE CONTINENTS
A set of the four continents from the First Edition
of John Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World,
published by George Humble, 1626.
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 Africa:
AFRICAE, described, the manners of their Habits and
buildinge: newly done into English by I. S. [i.e. John Speed.]
published at the charges of G. Humble Ano 1626. Abraham Goss
sculpsit.
At the top border are small views of:
Tanger; Ceuta; Alger; Alexandria; Alcair; Mozambique; & Canaria.
At the left side are illustrations of the inhabitants: Marocchian; Senagensian;
Marc: in Guinea; Cab: lepo Gonsalin Accolae; soul Congensis. On the right:
Aegyptian; Abissinian; Mozambiquean; K: [king of] Madagascar: habi; of
cape of good hope.
Trimmed just inside top border, cleverly repaired.
£3,000
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 America:
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.
£4,000
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 Asia:
ASIA with the Islands adjoyning described, the atire
of the people, & Townes of importance, all of them newly
augmented by I.S. Ano: Dom: 1626. Are to be
sold in pops-head alley against the Exchange by G. Humble. Sculptum
apud Abrahamum Goos.
Views at top border: Candy; Goa; Damascus; Ierusalem; Ormus; Bantum; Aden;
and Macao.
Inhabitants, left: Asyrian Wo[man]; An Arabian; Armenian Wo.; A Sumatran;
A Balaguatan. Right: A Iavan; A Moluccan; A Chinean; Moscovian; and Tartarian.
£3,000 |
 Europe.
EUROP, and the chiefe Cities contayned therin, described;
with the habits of most Kingdoms now in use. By Jo. Speed. Ano.
Dom. 1626. Are to be sould in popes-head alley,
against the Exchange by George Humble. Sculptum
apud Abrahamum Goos.
Views at top: London; Paris; Rome; Constantinople; Prague; Amsterdam; and
Lisbone.
Inhabitants, left: Eng: Woman; Venetian; Germane; Polonian; Hungarian.
Right: Spainyard; Fren: Woman; Belgian; Bohemia Wom:; and Grecian.
Stained at top.
£3,000 |
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