John Speed Collection

The Coronation-Stone, at Kingston-Upon-Thames, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Coronation-Stone, at Kingston-Upon-Thames, [now in Greater London], 1850. Depiction of the...Coronation Stone, on which certain of the Saxon Monarchs are traditionally said to have sat during

Maps of London, 1610. The upper left section shows the City of Westminster and River Thames. The upper right section shows the City of London and River Thames

Church of St Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, 1781. Artist: John Carter
Church of St Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, 1781. Interior view of the church looking west, showing the monument to John Speed on the far left

A map of Stratford-upon-Avon and its surrounding areas, 1610 (1885). Artist: Edward Hull
A map of Stratford-upon-Avon and its surrounding areas, 1610 (1885). From Speeds map of Warwickshire (1610), reprinted in Stratford-on-Avon

Female costume, 17th century, (1910). Gentlewoman, burghers wife, and countrywoman, a 19th-century copy from Speeds Map of England, published early in the reign of Charles I (1625-1649)

John Speed (1542-1629), English cartographer and historian, 1816. Speed is probably the most famous of British mapmakers. In 1612 he published The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain

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