Author:John Speed

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John Speed
(1551/1552–1629)

English historian and cartographer.

John Speed

Works[edit]

  • The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611)
  • The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans … with the Successions, Lives, Acts, and Issues of the English Monarchs from Julius Cæsar to … King James (1611)
  • The Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures according to euery family and tribe with the line of Our Sauior Jesus Christ obserued from Adam to the Blessed Virgin Mary (c. 1611)
  • A Cloud of Witnesses … confirming unto us the Truth of the Histories in God's most Holie Word (1616)

Works about Speed[edit]

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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