Bidspirit auction | Antique map of Spain ”Spaine

Antique map of Spain ”Spaine Newly described, with many adictions..., by John Speed 1626” - A fine map of Spain and Portugal, published in John Speed' 'Prospect of the most Famous Parts of the World'. first English atlas of the world, this map has nine prospects of Iberian cities along the top of the map and ten costume vignettes down the sides. This example comes from the Roger Rea issue, which was beset with disaster: according to an advert for the 1676 Bassett & Chiswell edition, ''the greatest part of an Impression, then newly Printed, [was] destroyed by the late dreadful Fire, 1666”. Surviving examples of any Rea map are thus rare. For his issue Rea amended the plate, adding English place names including Boston, 'Long Ile', 'Mary Land' and Carolina. SIze: 41.5 x 53.5 cm (16.3 x 21.1 inches). Condition: Some restoration. tear to lower right-side restored and manuscript on top. Lower margin restored. Published: London: Roger Rea and Son, 1665. Coloured. Keywords: John Speed Spain and Portugal, old maps, rare, European maps, Iberia, antique maps, Atlas maps, Majorca, Menorca, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon