Old Map of Poland by John Speed
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John Speed’s A Newe Mape of Poland
John Speed’s A Newe Mape of Poland is one of the most decorative English maps of seventeenth-century Eastern Europe. First prepared for Speed’s atlas A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, the map was based partly on the influential work of Gerard Mercator and was adapted for an English audience.
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A richly detailed old map of Poland by the celebrated English cartographer John Speed. Known as A Newe Mape of Poland, this remarkable seventeenth-century map combines a closely engraved view of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth with city prospects, regional costumes, coats of arms and a portrait of King Sigismund III Vasa.
Covering Poland together with parts of Prussia, Lithuania, Silesia, Bohemia, Pomerania and western Russia, it preserves historic place names, political divisions, rivers and settlements from a period when Poland occupied a far greater area of Europe than it does today.
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The map portrays the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and neighbouring territories, extending from the Baltic Sea in the north to Silesia and Bohemia in the south, and eastwards towards Lithuania and Russia. Poland appears alongside regions including Prussia, Pomerania, Mazovia, Podlachia and parts of Livonia, reflecting the very different political geography of seventeenth-century Europe.
Across the upper border are engraved views of important cities, including Kraków, Gdańsk, Poznań, Krosno, Sandomierz and Wrocław. At the centre is a portrait of King Sigismund III Vasa, who ruled the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during much of John Speed’s lifetime. The side borders are filled with figures dressed in Polish, Silesian and regional costume, together with the arms of Poland and Silesia.
These decorative borders make the map especially rewarding to study. It is not simply a geographical record but a carefully composed picture of Poland’s cities, people and political identity as understood by a seventeenth-century English mapmaker.
The many old spellings and former boundaries also make it an absorbing choice for anyone interested in Polish history, family origins or the changing geography of Central and Eastern Europe.
What this old map of Poland includes
- Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Prussia, Pomerania, Lithuania and parts of Russia
- Silesia, Bohemia and neighbouring Central European regions
- Kraków, Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław and other historic cities
- Rivers, towns, regional boundaries and old place names
- Figures in seventeenth-century Polish and Silesian dress
- The coats of arms of Poland and Silesia
- A portrait of King Sigismund III Vasa
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