The first English atlas map of Denmark
The Kingdome of Denmarke augmented by John Speede...
London: Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676. Hand coloured. 390 x 510mm.
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Highly decorative early map of Denmark, engraved by Evert Symonz van Hamersvelt for Speed's 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', the first English atlas of the world, first issued 1627. It is decorated with ten costume vignettes down the sides and six city prospects, including Copenhagen & Hamburg (as Holstein was still subject to Denmark at the time), along the top.









