Old Map of Surrey in 1611 by John Speed - Guildford, Croydon, Richmond, Woking big ben highlight or simply basking in the

or simply basking in the quiet thrill of Yosemite’s incomparable vistas

With its intricate detail and classic cartographic style

which together gave the city its name

both feature among the ten harbour views

all of which remain treasured open spaces in the city today

Old Map of Surrey in 1611 by John Speed - Guildford, Croydon, Richmond, Woking big ben highlight or simply basking in theLong before Croydon, Richmond and Kingston were transferred into Greater London under the London Government Act of 1965, they belonged firmly within Surrey, and this map of the county, engraved for John Speed's 1611 Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, shows them as Surrey towns among the others surveyed for Speed's landmark atlas. Engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius and hand coloured in the style typical of the atlas, the sheet carries the