John Speed's world of 1627 surrounds its two hemispheres with everything an educated Englishman was meant to marvel at: diagrams of eclipses, the portraits of Ptolemy and the astronomers, the four elements, the wheeling celestial spheres. Part map, part encyclopedia of the heavens and the Earth, it was the first world map both drawn and published by an Englishman. A window onto how the seventeenth century saw its whole cosmos at once — measurable, ordered, and full of wonder.

Maker: John Speed
Date: 1627
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: National Library of Israel — Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
Credit: National Library of Israel — Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00316

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 x 17.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	752	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
18 x 12 in	501	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
24 x 16 in	376	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
30 x 20 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
36 x 24 in	250	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
60 x 40 in	150	Good	Trimmed 0.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop