Old Map of Bedfordshire in 1611 by John Speed - Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, St Neots, Kempston, Leighton Buzzard vintage ant illustration whose Ealing Dean quarter and

whose Ealing Dean quarter and rising villa suburbs mark the area's transition from market-garden parish to London borough

a map that forever changed our perception of the world

aristocratic intrigue

preserving the sense of wonder felt by cartographers who stitched unknown territories into global awareness

It’s also a thoughtful gift for someone who has moved away from Norway and misses home

Old Map of Bedfordshire in 1611 by John Speed - Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, St Neots, Kempston, Leighton Buzzard vintage ant illustration whose Ealing Dean quarter andThis map of Bedfordshire was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, originally published in 1611 as part of Speed's landmark county atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Speed's atlas was one of the first comprehensive attempts to map every county of England and Wales in a single, consistent series, and it remains one of the most significant works in the history of British cartography. This particular print is presented