A new and correct map of the world laid down according to the newest discoveries, and from the most exact observations / [cartographic material] / by Herman Moll, geographer.

Creator:

Moll, Herman, -1732

Published/Created:

[London] :
Printed for and sold by I. Bowles, map and printseller at the Black Horse in Cornhill & by T. Bowles map & print seller next to ye Chapter house in St. Paul's Church yard, and by P. Overton map & print seller near St. Dunstan's Church Fleet Street and by
[1729?]

Physical Description:

1 map : hand col., ill. ; 2 hemispheres each 47 cm in diam., on sheet 60 x 100 cm.

Notes:

Imperfect: mutilated and torn along folds, with some loss of text. Cross collection no. 33.
Includes dedication within ornamental cartouche, "To His Most Sacred Majesty George IId by the grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. this map is humbly dedicated."
Includes text.
Insets: The Ptolemean systeme -- The North Pole -- The Copernican systeme -- Mercury -- The appearance of the Sun -- Venus -- Mars -- Saturn -- Jupiter -- The appearance of the Moon.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Scale measured at center of hemisphere.
Shows California as an island.
Shows the world as a double hemisphere, annual winds and wind directions, solar equinox and ecliptic, and noted corrections over previous geography.

Topics:

World maps--Early works to 1800

Topics:

Bowles, John, 1701-1779, bookseller
Bowles, Thomas, -1767, bookseller
Overton, Philip, -1751, bookseller

Language:

English

Scale:

Scale [ca. 1:54,000,000].

Coordinates:

54000000
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Genre:

Maps

Format:

Map

Content Type:

Maps, Atlases & Globes

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Cross Collection

Call Number:

11 1724

Folder:

BRBL_00680

Orbis Record:

8190572

Orbis Barcode:

39002090384539

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

15825782

Citation:

Phillips, 3469

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

15825174

PID:

digcoll:4375158