Editing John Speed (section)

== Persistence ==
His maps were used in high-income circles, and therefore Speed's influence was long-lasting and far-reaching. In 1673 and 1676 long after his death, other maps were published under his name obviously being counterfeits abusing the brand to<ref>See Mapforum Articles, Relocated 2022: Issue 4, [https://mapforum.com/2022/02/18/john-speed-subsequent-ownership-of-speeds-plates/ "John Speed: Subsequent Ownership of Speed's Plates"] (mapforum.com).</ref> represent the British Isles, the [[Chesapeake Bay]] region, and specifically [[Virginia]] and [[Maryland]],<ref>[http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/VirginiaMaryland-johnspeed-1676 1676 John Speed and F. Lamb, Map of Virginia and Maryland (Chesapeake Bay)], Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, 2017. (Commercial website).</ref> the [[East Indies]], the [[Russian Empire]] (then ruled by [[Peter the Great]]),<ref>C.E. Puckett, "[http://cepuckett.com/inventory/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=796 "A Map of Russia", c.1676 – John Speed]", 1676. (Commercial website).</ref> [[Jamaica]], and [[Barbados]], and other locations.<ref>R. Gough, ''British Topography'' (T. Payne and Son, and J. Nichols, London 1780), I, [https://archive.org/details/b28772544_0001/page/90/mode/2up?view=theater pp. 91-92] (Internet Archive).</ref><ref>Antique Maps Online, [http://antique-maps-online.co.uk/john-speed-antique-maps.htm John Speed Maps – Antique 17th Century], 2017. (Commercial website).</ref><ref>"Published in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' between 1611 & 1676 and Henry Overton's 'England Described' from c.1713 to c.1756",[https://wellandantiquemaps.co.uk/catalog/john-speed-maps Welland Antique Maps & Prints] (2014). (Commercial website).</ref><ref>Mapseeker, [https://www.mapseeker.co.uk/collections-cartographer-publisher/john-speed-county-maps/?tcID=1 John Speed County Maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406023327/http://www.mapseeker.co.uk/collections-cartographer-publisher/john-speed-county-maps/?tcID=1 |date=6 April 2017 }}, 2014. (Commercial website).</ref><ref>Ebth, "[https://www.ebth.com/items/3303388-john-speed-original-1676-map-the-province-of-mounster John Speed Original 1676 Map "The Province of Mounster"]", 2013–2017. (Commercial website).</ref><ref>Baumann Rare Books, "[https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/john-speed/map-of-huntington-both-shire-and-shire-towne/12781.aspx Map of Huntington both Shire and Shire Towne]", 2017. (Commercial website).</ref><ref>''An Epitome of Mr. John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain'' (London, Printed for T. Basset, and R. Chiswell, 1676), [[Library of Congress]] catalog, [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=Epitome+of+Mr+John+Speed%27s&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25].</ref> With these printings and many others, Speed's maps became the basis for world maps until at least the mid-eighteenth century: his British maps formed an important [[topography|topographical]] resource long after their original publication.<ref name="Dainty" />

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File:1646 New Speed Kaerius.jpg|A New And Accvrat Map of the World, 1646 miniature edition
File:Jamaica 1676 (John Speed).png|Jamaica, 1676
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