02122nam 2200445 n 450 99639246030331620200818224818.0(CKB)4940000000103650(EEBO)2240919821(UnM)99847869e(UnM)99847869(EXLCZ)99494000000010365019911216d1616 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine[electronic resource] presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland and the iles adioyning: with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within ye kingdome of England, divided and described by Iohn SpeedImprinted at London And are to be solde by Iohn Sudbury and Georg Humble, in Popes-head alley at ye signe of ye White HorseAnno 1614 [i.e. 1616][162], 146 p. ill. (woodcuts), maps (metal cuts)The text is mainly taken from: Camden, William. Britannia.The title page is engraved.Map of Norfolk (ch. 18) has no engraver's name in the right bottom corner."The woodcuts were no doubt cut by Christoph Schweitzer." Some of the maps are signed by Jodocus Hondius, and "all were engraved by him or under his direction in his workshop at Amsterdam" (Skelton).Books 2-4 each have separate title page, dated 1616.Reproduction of the original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.eebo-0167Great BritainDescription and travel1601-1700Early works to 1800Great BritainMapsEarly works to 1800Speed John1552?-1629.1001140Camden William1551-1623.694594Hondius Jodocus1563-1612,Schweitzer ChristophCu-RivESCu-RivESUk-ESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996392460303316The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine2298489UNISA