Speed, John

County:

London

Town:

London

Address(es):

-

Book Trade(s):

Cartographer, Map/chart maker, Printer

Non-Book Trade(s):

-

Trading Dates:

1610 (or earlier) – 1617

Biographical Dates:

1552 (date of birth) – 1629 (date of death)

Notes:

Patent to print the 'Genealogies of the Holy Scriptures' and the map of Canaan, to be inserted into every copy of the new translation of the Bible.

  Abbreviations

Sources:

Kingsley, D., Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900

Frostick, R. The printed plans of Norwich 1558-1840 (Norwich, 2003)

Hunt, Arnold, 'Book Trade Patents, 1603-1640', in The Book Trade and its customers 1450-1900: Historical Essays for Robin Myers, eds. Hunt, Arnold, Giles Mandelbrote & Alison Shell (Winchester, 1997)