Old Map of Dorset in 1611 by John Speed - Bridport, Lyme Regis, Shaftesbury Shepherds Bush and Newbury on the Kennet

and Newbury on the Kennet to the west

this piece brings an air of curiosity and sophistication to any space

this reproduction maintains the fine details of the original chart

Faint outlines mark the transitions between urban centers and rolling hills

a Father's Day present for a history-loving dad

Old Map of Dorset in 1611 by John Speed - Bridport, Lyme Regis, Shaftesbury Shepherds Bush and Newbury on the KennetThis reproduction reproduces John Speed's 1611 map of Dorset, or Dorsetshire as it was then known, taken from his landmark atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the first county by county survey of England and Wales. Unlike many of Speed's more familiar hand coloured county maps, this plate survives as an exceedingly rare monochrome copperplate impression, engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius, whose fine linework gives the map its