The first version of this map was published in 1612 in John Speed’s ‘Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain’ and engraved by Jodocus Hondius. The plate soon wore out however and was replaced in 1630 by another engraved by Abraham Goos as offered here. At first glance the maps appear very similar but there are subtle differences. The title cartouche is now rectangular and the panels of costume figures to left and right now bear titles in capital letters. The map is originally derived from the work of Christopher Saxton as cited lower right, there is an extensive table of all the Shires identifying the quantities of ‘Cities, Bishoprickes, Market Townes, Castles, Parishes, Rivers, Bridges, Chases, Forests and Parkes’. It is interesting to note that the heavily populated county of Middlesex is recorded as having 3 bridges whereas the county of Devon tops the tables by some considerable margin with 106! This example is notable for being in ATTRACTIVE EARLY HAND COLOUR and also for lacking any text to the verso. This is an example of the third state issued in atlas form from 1646 and is therefore believed to be a separately published example offered during the English Civil War. Skelton states that “the demand for maps created by the Civil War was met by printing large numbers of separate maps without text. These were sometimes bound to form a ‘campaigning atlas'”. Shirley 318 & 434; Skelton 36; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).