Old Map of Surrey in 1611 by John Speed - Guildford, Reigate, Dorking, Kingston, Epsom Size:18x24 inch-UNFRAMED the relics of Byzantine frescoes

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Old Map of Surrey in 1611 by John Speed - Guildford, Reigate, Dorking, Kingston, Epsom Size:18x24 inch-UNFRAMED the relics of Byzantine frescoesThis is an elegant map of Surrey from John Speed's 1611 atlas "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine." Surrey, a county in the Home Counties immediately south of London, is captured here with Speed's characteristic precision, remaining in the early seventeenth century a distinct county of farms, forests, and market towns. Guildford, Surrey's county town, sits prominently along the River Wey. Kingston upon Thames appears where Surrey meets London