Francis Lamb after John Speed (1552?-1629)
Lot 61 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARJORY AND VICTOR HANSEN
(LOTS 28-93)

Francis Lamb after John Speed (1552?-1629)

[A map of New England and New York]

Closed11 June 2008

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Francis Lamb after John Speed (1552?-1629)
[A map of New England and New York]
engraving with hand-coloring, on laid paper, with margins
P. 15¼ x 19¾ in. (387 x 501 mm.)

Specialist note

The most famous 17th-century map of New England, published in John Speed's The Theatre of the Empire, London, 1676, documenting the anglicizing of place names and the shift from Dutch to English domination.