Old Monochrome Map of West Yorkshire, 1611 by John Speed - York, Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Harrogate, Skipton india Europeans knew very little about

Europeans knew very little about the interior of China at the time

) from John Rocque's seminal 1746 map of London

Banffshire

The regions marked on the map are politically sensitive areas - mostly regions where many French had died at the hands of the Brits during World War 2

villages and cities of these countries are visible on this map including: London

Old Monochrome Map of West Yorkshire, 1611 by John Speed - York, Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Harrogate, Skipton india Europeans knew very little aboutThis old and wonderful map, in its original black and white monochrome shows the ancient county of the West Riding of Yorkshire as it was in 1611. It was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, and originally published in Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it looks even better when printed large. I