Old Map of Anglesey, Wales in 1611 by John Speed - Beaumaris, Holyhead, Bangor actor gift one of the county maps

one of the county maps from his landmark atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine

Printed on matte paper for a subdued

this poster remains an enduring symbol of military dedication and service

up-to-date geography to a growing readership shortly before the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars

Old Map of Anglesey, Wales in 1611 by John Speed - Beaumaris, Holyhead, Bangor actor gift one of the county mapsThis reproduction reproduces John Speed's 1611 map of Anglesey, one of the county maps from his landmark atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the first comprehensive county by county survey of England and Wales. Speed drew on the latest surveying knowledge of the early Jacobean period, and the plate was engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius, whose fine copperplate work gives the map its characteristic crisp lettering and decorative