Old Map of Gloucestershire in 1611 by John Speed - Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud vintage Israeli maps for the Cromwellian settlement in

for the Cromwellian settlement in particular

this puffin print makes a fantastic gift for birdwatchers

and early skyscrapers

and urban outline stands out

Sweeping lines trace the island’s elongated shape

Old Map of Gloucestershire in 1611 by John Speed - Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud vintage Israeli maps for the Cromwellian settlement inThis reproduction print is based on John Speed's 1611 map of Gloucestershire, engraved by Jodocus Hondius and published in his landmark atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. It captures the county at the turn of the seventeenth century, with Gloucester itself, already a cathedral city and county town on the banks of the River Severn, taking pride of place, alongside the market town of Cheltenham and the wool town of Stroud tucked into its