John Speed (1551-1629) — English cartographer; maps of Ireland 1610
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John Speed Cartographer
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Contemporary portrait (Wikimedia Commons)
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Wikimedia Commons
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Public domain.
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John Speed, English cartographer who produced 'The Kingdome of Irlande' (1610) — the first widely-distributed map of Ireland of the Plantation era. Contemporary to Hugh O'Neil's birth (1605 Omagh) and the Flight of the Earls (1607).
