Research Catalog

Title

A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America : containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina / according to the newest and most exact observations by Herman Moll, geographer.

Author

Moll, Herman, -1732.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• King, John.
• Bowles, Thomas, -1767.
• Bowles, John, 1701-1779.

Found In

p1em Moll, Herman, d. 1732. World described, or, A new and correct sett of maps. [London] : Tho. Bowles, [1736?] Map 8 (OCoLC)49408613

Description

1 map : hand col.; 100 x 60 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.

Subjects

• Beavers > Canada > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
• Great Britain > Colonies > America > Maps > Early works to 1800
• North America > Maps > Early works to 1800

Note

• Relief shown pictorially.
• Prime meridian: London.
• Imprint on map: Printed and sold by Tho. Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Church-yard, John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market.
• Includes descriptive text, coat of arms with dedication dated 1715, and note in inset about an event of 1730.
• Insets: A view of ye industry of ye beavers of Canada ... the cataract of Niagara ... --- A draught of ye town and harbour of Charles-town -- A map of the principal part of North America. -- A map of the improved part of Carolina with the settlements &c. -- South part of Carolina and the east part of Florida ...

Indexed In (note)

• Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography

Call Number

Map Div. 97-6053 (Map 8)

OCLC

49408717

Author

Moll, Herman, -1732.

Title

A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America : containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina / according to the newest and most exact observations by Herman Moll, geographer.

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:3,600,000] (W 85⁰--W 54⁰ /N 55⁰--N 25⁰).

Indexed In:

Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography, 55c

Local Note

NYPL copy has handwritten in ink on verso, in upper right near fold: 8.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

King, John.

Bowles, Thomas, -1767.

Bowles, John, 1701-1779.

Found In:

p1em Moll, Herman, d. 1732. World described, or, A new and correct sett of maps. [London] : Tho. Bowles, [1736?] Map 8 (OCoLC)49408613

Research Call Number

Map Div. 97-6053 (Map 8) [In LHS 329]