Author:     John Speed (*c. 1551 - †1629)

was the best known English mapmaker of the Stuart period. Speed came to mapmaking late in life, producing his first maps in the 1590s and entering the trade in earnest when he was almost 60 years old.

Map title:    The mape of Hungari newly augmented by John Speede London 1626

Description:  A wonderful Decorative Carte-à-Figures Style Map of Hungary. Incorporated into Speed's 'Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World'. Showing 2 sets of 4 costumed figures on each side of the map and views of Presburg, Ofen (Buda), Comorra and Raab.