Old Map of Dorset in 1611 by John Speed - Poole, Weymouth, Dorchester Size:70x100 cm - UNFRAMED The chart’s measured lines reflect

The chart’s measured lines reflect an era when maritime routes shaped not just daily commerce

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Old Map of Dorset in 1611 by John Speed - Poole, Weymouth, Dorchester Size:70x100 cm - UNFRAMED The chart’s measured lines reflectThis print reproduces John Speed's 1611 map of Dorset, sometimes referred to in old documents as Dorsetshire, engraved by Jodocus Hondius and included in Speed's landmark English atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. It captures the county's coastline, market towns, and rolling chalk downland exactly as Speed's surveyors recorded them at the start of the seventeenth century. Poole and its natural harbour appear alongside Weymouth,