Old Monochrome Map of Westmorland, 1611 by John Speed - Lake District, Cumbria, Kendal, Windermere, Grasmere germany Chester was a pretty big

Chester was a pretty big town almost 450 years ago

London Bridge

Admittedly

and the southwest is Cornish

In the top left is a beautiful cartouche declaring that the map is the Kingdom of Ireland

Old Monochrome Map of Westmorland, 1611 by John Speed - Lake District, Cumbria, Kendal, Windermere, Grasmere germany Chester was a pretty bigThis deliciously detailed monochrome and exceedingly rare map shows the ancient historic county of Westmorland in 1611. It was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, and originally published in Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". Westmorland doesn't exist today. It was absorbed by Cumbria in 1974. This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but