Leicester

Description:

performed by John Speede; Jodocus Hondius caelavit. Relief shown pictorially. Bar scale on map given in "The scale of miles." Index for inset map: Cheife places of ye citie by figurs noted. Decorative border and cartouches, compass rose, coats of arms (labeled), including the Royal Coat of Arms for the United Kingdom with lion and unicorn. Shows topography, waterways, vegetation. Depicts Bosworth field battle. Descriptive text, including historical information. French: Diev et mon droit. Inset map (bird's eye view): Leicester. Appears in Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, 1676.

Creator:

Speed, John, 1552?-1629, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, and Humble, George, -1640

Publisher:

are to be sold in Popes head Alley by John Sudbury and George Humble

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Date Issued:

anno 1610

Spatial Coverage:

Europe and Leicestershire (England)

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/mc903mm4085