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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 1728413, member: 6444&quot;]I agree with MOS. I have a few 17th century maps, and they are all on laid paper. Vellum might be possible for older books, but was not being used by the 17th century as far as I know (you can check with book collectors). When I evaluate a possibly early map the first thing I check for is laid paper - if it isn&#039;t then I reject it. Hold yours up to the light - it doesn&#039;t look like laid paper based on your picture but only you can see it up close. Note that isn&#039;t a sufficient test since even if it is on laid paper it may be a reproduction - laid paper is still available and I have a modern reprint of an antique map on modern laid paper which has decorative value only (though other modern copies of it are available on ebay for hundreds of dollars being sold by sellers who either don&#039;t know or don&#039;t care).</p><p><br /></p><p>Next you need to look at your map in detail by comparing it to a known antique map. This is a lot easier with the internet. As for your particular map, it was published in a few different book editions in the 17th century, so it is possible that some other edition is different, but the one in this link from 1676 shows that there is writing on the back, which yours does not have. Plus paper looks quite different and there are other important differences (totally different water and margins and location of fold for example). All in all I really doubt it is old. And I doubt you would find an old one on ebay for $10 - if it seemed real then most likely other bidders would have competed against you. Anyway, by all means take it to someone who knows old maps and let them look at it up close, but I wouldn&#039;t get my hopes up. <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~285338~90058011:Kingdome-of-Irland-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~285338~90058011:Kingdome-of-Irland-" rel="nofollow">https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~285338~90058011:Kingdome-of-Irland-</a></p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. If you look on abebooks you&#039;ll find a number of his maps described as &quot;Old Map of .. 1610. An Antiqued Parchment Replica&quot;, and selling for ten dollars or so. This is undoubtedly what you purchased.</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/john-speede/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/john-speede/" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/john-speede/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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