Rare 17th-century wall maps

A hand-coloured map by Briton John Speed dating from the 17th century, showing the provinces of Ireland (Sotheby’s/PA)

A hand-coloured map by Briton John Speed dating from the 17th century, showing the provinces of Ireland and map of Great Britain (Sotheby’s/PA)

Archipelagus Orientalis sive Asiaticus (1659) (Sotheby’s/PA)

Asiae Descriptio Novissima (1659) (Sotheby’s/PA)

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