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John Speed

Biography

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Water Speed Record Crash: John Cobb Killed (1952) | Sporting History

 

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Old Maps by John Speed

 

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How to Identify a Genuine John Speed Map

 

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JOHN - A Song For Those Who Speed In Built-up Areas

 

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John speed

John Speed was an English cartographer and historian. He is the best known English mapmaker of the Stuart period.
  • Personal 

  • Patronage 

  • Maturity 

  • Death 

  • Biblical genealogies 

  • ''History'' and ''Theatre'' 

  • ''History of Great Britaine'' 

  • ''The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'' 

  • Views of Welsh towns (examples) 

  • Family 

  • Wall monument 

  • Monumental brass 

  • John Speed and William Shakespeare 

  • Persistence 

  • Appreciation