[SPEED, John (1552-1629)]. A Map of New England and New York. London: Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, [1676].
[SPEED, John (1552-1629)]. A Map of New England and New York. London: Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, [1676].

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[SPEED, John (1552-1629)]. A Map of New England and New York. London: Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, [1676].

Engraved map by F. Lamb, 384 x 504 mm platemark (424 x 545 mm sheet), English text on verso, small fleur-de-lis watermark. Provenance: Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; his sale part II, Parke Bernet, 19 April 1967, lot 639).

The most famous 17th-century map of New England, published in John Speed's The Theatre of the Empire, London, 1676, documenting the anglicizing of place names and the shift from Dutch to English domination. Phillips Atlases 488, map 23; Sabin 89228; Streeter sale II:639 (this copy); Wing S-4886.