John Speed (1552–1629) was an English cartographer and historian. He is known as England's most famous Stuart period mapmaker.
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“The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)