Old Map of Bedfordshire in 1611 by John Speed - Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, St Neots, Leighton Buzzard Size:50x70 cm - UNFRAMED or mid-century British travel

or mid-century British travel

By honoring the aesthetic of its original draft

This map captures the complexities of navigating through the region’s winding waterways

features prominently in the western portion with its abbey and shrine

sparking feelings of serenity and awe

Old Map of Bedfordshire in 1611 by John Speed - Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, St Neots, Leighton Buzzard Size:50x70 cm - UNFRAMED or mid-century British travelJohn Speed's map of Bedfordshire first appeared in 1611 as part of The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the atlas that established him as England's foremost county cartographer of the Jacobean age. Engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius from Speed's drawings, the plate combined careful topographical survey with the kind of decorative flourish that made Speed's work as much a status object as a working map, and it remained the standard