John Speed's 1676 Map of Virginia and Maryland

Copperplate engraving with color from Speed's Atlas of America, depicting the region in and around the Chesapeake Bay, with mountains real and imagined to the west and to the north; the verso with explanatory text in English describing both provinces. Presented in a two-sided gilt frame.

Sight size 20 x 15-1/2 in.

Private North Carolina collection

The front is very clean and presents well; the verso with roughness to the edges; overall very good condition.