Research Catalog

Title

A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within ye limits of ye South Sea Company [cartographic material] : from ye river Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through ye South Sea, to ye north part of California &c. with a view of the general and coasting trade-winds and perticular draughts of the most important bays, ports &c. : according to ye newest observations / by Herman Moll, geographer.

Author

Moll, Herman, -1732

Publication

[London] : Sold by Herman Moll, [1711?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Bancroft Collection

Description

1 map : hand colored; 42 x 48 cm

Alternative Title

• South Sea Company, from ye river Aranoca to Terra del Fuego
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA002.1.05

Subject

• South Sea Company > Maps > Early works to 1800
• South America > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Pacific Coast (South America) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• South America
• South America > Pacific Coast

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Maps.
• Early maps.

Note

• Relief shown pictorially.
• Prime meridian: London.
• Insets: A chart from England to the river Aranoca &c. -- Peypses or Pepys I. -- A map of ye Straits of Magellan &c. -- A map of the isthmus of Darien, the bay of Panama &c. -- The island of Juan Ferdinando -- The Gallapagos Islands -- The gulf of Nicoya or gulf of Salinas -- The gulf of Amapalla or Fonesca -- The port of Acapulco.
• Ancillary maps mounted at top of map: A map of the isle Chiloe, the lake of Ancuna, with the islands &c. -- The bay of Guiaquil &c. -- A map of ye port of Baldivia with the fortifications and islands &c.
• Main map, or variant, without ancillary maps, appears in Moll's A view of the coasts, countries and islands within the limits of the South-Sea-company, 1711.
• Map, or variant, with ancillary maps, appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1720].

Indexed In (note)

• List of maps of America in the Library of Congress
• List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress
• Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the northwest coast of America to the year 1800
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, $c v. 6, page 580, column a, row 4

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5012

LCCN

gm 71005443

OCLC

5681964

Author

Moll, Herman, -1732, creator, issuing body.

Title

A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within ye limits of ye South Sea Company [cartographic material] : from ye river Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through ye South Sea, to ye north part of California &c. with a view of the general and coasting trade-winds and perticular draughts of the most important bays, ports &c. : according to ye newest observations / by Herman Moll, geographer.

Imprint

[London] : Sold by Herman Moll, [1711?]

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:32,000,000] (W 150°--W 10°/N 40°--S 60°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

List of maps of America in the Library of Congress, pages 796, 797

List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, entry 554

Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the northwest coast of America to the year 1800, entry 498

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, $c v. 6, page 580, column a, row 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy: ancillary maps mounted at top in reverse order from Library of Congress copy; also library copy lacks "sold by" statement that appears along top of center ancillary map on LC copy. Pencilled on mounting cloth on verso of library copy: From Moll's Atlas [1711?] *KC 1711?

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NYPL Digital Collections

State Library of New South Wales variant copy image

Library of Congress variant copy image

Place Name

South America.

South America Pacific Coast.

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Moll, Herman, -1732. View of the coasts, countries and islands within the limits of the South-Sea-company.

Moll, Herman, -1732. World described, or, a new and correct sett of maps.

Bancroft Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5012 [Filed with North and South America [1720] as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary catalog of the Map Division]