John Speed was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins. The son of a citizen and Merchant Taylor in London, he rose from his family occupation to accept the task of drawing ... Wikipedia
Born: 1552, Farndon, United Kingdom
Died: July 28, 1629 (age 77 years), St Giles Cripplegate, London, United Kingdom
Children: John Speed
Grandchildren: John Speed and Samuel Speed
Books
Counties of Britain
Britain's Tudor Maps: County by County
England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged: With Ye Historic Relation of Things Worthy Memory from a Farr Larger Voulume Done by Iohn Speed
1627
A dissertation on the use of Sea Water, in the diseases of the glands: to which is added a translation of Dr. Speeds Comentary on Sea Water
The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, with the Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World
The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to Euery Family and Tribe: With the Line of Our Sauiour Iesus Christ, Obserued from Adam to the Blessed Virgin Mary
1612