{"product_id":"1651-ancient-world-map-by-john-speed","title":"1651 Ancient world map by John Speed","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"525\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"36\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eA New and Accurat Map of the World\u003c\/em\u003e by John Speed, published in 1651, is a richly ornamented double-hemisphere world map showing the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the partly imagined southern lands. The engraving includes celestial diagrams, classical personifications of the elements, portraits of famous explorers, ships, sea imagery, and decorative cartouches. Its elaborate style reflects 17th-century English cartography, where geography, astronomy, empire, and visual spectacle were combined for learned viewers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"961\" data-start=\"527\"\u003eJohn Speed was an English cartographer and historian best known for his influential atlases, including \u003cem data-end=\"675\" data-start=\"630\"\u003eThe Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-end=\"730\" data-start=\"680\"\u003eA Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World\u003c\/em\u003e. His maps were prized for their decorative borders, historical detail, and accessibility to a broad audience. Speed’s work helped establish English mapmaking as a major cultural and scholarly enterprise in the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Historicalimages","offers":[{"title":"A2 (42 x 59.4  cm)","offer_id":50015501943121,"sku":"eb446f43-75bb-4e5a-9c46-0142aa9f31e8","price":51.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45x60 cm \/ 18x24″","offer_id":50015501975889,"sku":"6618b0fe-b0da-402e-8bc2-ab741777fb43","price":53.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm \/ 20x28″","offer_id":50015502008657,"sku":"091792b1-b16b-4ea7-90ec-43b416f2448c","price":54.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (59.4 x 84.1  cm)","offer_id":50015502041425,"sku":"25b1a7c7-155e-4a8e-8ffd-f96868756449","price":59.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/4048\/9809\/files\/028db20d-c57f-4d94-be36-eb4880f229e7.webp?v=1778884507","url":"https:\/\/historicalimages.com\/products\/1651-ancient-world-map-by-john-speed","provider":"Historicalimages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}