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This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant

Title
This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant / Herman Moll, geographer ; B. Lens, delin. ; G. Vertue, sculp.
Author
Moll, Herman, -1732.

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Additional Authors
  • Lens, Bernard, 1659-1725.
  • Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
  • Bowles, John, 1701-1779.
  • Bowles, Thomas, -1767.
  • Overton, Philip, -1751.
  • King, John
Found In
p1em Moll, Herman, d. 1732. World described, or, A new and correct sett of maps. [London] : Tho. Bowles, [1736?] Map 7 (OCoLC)49408613
Description
1 map : hand col.; 57 x 96 cm., folded to 64 x 28 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
  • Cod fisheries > Newfoundland and Labrador > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
  • North America > Maps > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &c."
  • Prime meridian: London.
  • Imprint on map: Sold by H. Moll over against Deverux Court in ye Strand ; Printed for I. Bowles ... and T. Bowles ... and by P. Overton ... and by Iohn King ...
  • Includes ill. and notes.
  • Insets: A view of a stage & also of ye manner of fishing for, curing & drying cod at New Found Land -- St. John's harbour -- Boston harbour -- New York &c. -- [Charleston region, S.C.] -- Port Royal harbour -- The bay and city of ye Havana -- The bay of Pto. Bella -- La Vera Cruz -- Cartagena harbour and forts -- The port of Acapulco.
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6053 (Map 7)
OCLC
49408689
Author
Moll, Herman, -1732.
Title
This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant / Herman Moll, geographer ; B. Lens, delin. ; G. Vertue, sculp.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000] (W 140⁰--W 10⁰/N 80⁰--N 5⁰).
Local Note
NYPL copy has handwritten in ink on verso, in upper right near fold: 7.
Added Author
Lens, Bernard, 1659-1725.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
Bowles, John, 1701-1779.
Bowles, Thomas, -1767.
Overton, Philip, -1751.
King, John, mapseller.
Found In:
p1em Moll, Herman, d. 1732. World described, or, A new and correct sett of maps. [London] : Tho. Bowles, [1736?] Map 7 (OCoLC)49408613
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6053 (Map 7) [In LHS 329]
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