A beautiful ‘miniature Speed’ hand coloured copper engraving by Pieter Van den Keere (Flemish, 1571 - 1646), map of the Bishoprick of Durham. The map is very nicely framed and has a document providing more information attached to the rear.Here is the information included on the rear of the map:“Pieter Van Den Keere / Petrus Kaerius 1571 - c.1646Pieter Van Den Keere was one of a number of refugees who fled from religious persecution in the Low Countries between the years 1570 and 1590. He moved to London in 1584with his sister, who married Jodocus Hondius, also a refugee there, and through Hondius he undoubtedly learned his skills as an engraver and cartographer. in the course of a long working life he engraved a large number of individual maps for prominent cartographers of the day but he also produced an atlas of the Netherlands (1617 - 1622) and county maps of the British Isles which have become known as ‘Miniature Speeds’, a misnomer which requires explanation.In abo...