A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed.

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A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed.
Author
Speed, John, 1552?-1629.
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London :: printed by John Legatt, for William Humble. and are to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Pallace,
1646.
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Geography -- Early works to 1800.
Atlases, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61053.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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E
Eadesburg, where now the Chamber in the Forrest,
73.7
King Eadgars triumph at Chester,
ibid.
Ealdermen who in times past,
4.7
East-England,
4.11
East-Riding how bounded,
81
East-Riding how seated,
77.4
The aire, soile, and commo∣dities,
81.2. & 3
In East-Riding what Hun∣dreds and Townes,
82
Edelfleda built Glocester Church,
47.7
Edel-fleda beneficiall to Lei∣cester,
61.6
Edith a Saint,
45.7
Edmund Earle of Richmond fa∣ther to King Henry the sea∣venth,
101.7
His tomb,
ibid.
Saint Edmunds bury how na∣med in the Saxons time,
33.6
Saint Edmunds-Bury Abbey and Towne praised,
ibid.
King Edward the second, first of the English Race, Prince of Wales,
123.6
Murdered by the meanes of Isabel his wife,
47.7
Enterred in Glocest. Church, where his Monument remai∣neth,
ibid.
Einesbury, alias Arnulphsbury,
58.10
Elden hole,
67.8
Eleanor wife to King Edward the first commended,
63.7
Eleanor widow to King Hen∣ry the third becommeth a Nunne,
25.9
Elfred (or Alfred) the first that divided his Kingdomes into Shires,
3 4. & 5
His noble care in restoring the Vniversitie of Oxford,
45 7
Elie,
37.5
Ella King of Northumberland slaine,
78.9
Elmet,
78.10
Elmham a Bishops See,
35.8
Emerill stone found in Garn∣sey,
94.6
England on this side Humber how divided into Hides,
3.3.
Little England beyond Wales,
101.4
England shared into Principa∣lities by whom, and to what purpose,
57.30
Enis-Kelling a strong Fort in Vlster,
145.9
Eorles, i. Earles,
4.7. & 11
Erdini, people in Ireland,
145 5
Erminstreet,
37.7
Essex, why so named,
31.1
The forme and dimension,
1.2
How bounded,
ibid. 3
The aire and soile,
31.4
The ancient Inhabitants,
31.5
What commodities it yeeld∣eth,
31.6
What religious houses there∣in,
31.9
Hundreds and townes there∣in,
32
Excester Citie whence it na∣med that name,
19 6
It was a Dukedom, Marqui∣sate, and Earledome,
19 8
The description thereof,
19 6
Her magnificent Cathedrall Church by whom built,
ibid.
The Bishops See,
ibid.
It withstood the Saxons 465 yeares,
ibid.
How valiant against all her Sieges,
ibid.
VVhat losses it hath felt,
ibid.
Resisted William Conquerour till the walles fell downe,
ibid.
How loyall to King Edward the sixt,
ibid.
The Climate thereof,
ibid.
How governed,
ibid.
The birth-place of the match∣lesse Poet Iosephus Isanus,
ibid.
Exchequer Court first ere∣cted,
5.3
Exmore Monuments in De∣von-shire,
19.7
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