Research Catalog

Title

Florida, called by ye French Louisiana &c. / by H. Moll, geographer.

Author

Moll, Herman, -1732

Publication

[London] : [Printed for Thos. Bowles & John Bowles], [between 1736-1745]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bowles, Thomas, -1767
• Bowles, John, 1701-1779
• Ford Collection

Description

1 map : hand colored; 20 x 28 cm, on sheet 24 x 32 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US052.1.03

Subjects

• Southern States
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Gulf Coast (U.S.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Southern States > History > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Florida > History > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Louisiana > History > Maps > Early works to 1800
• History
• Maps
• United States > Gulf Coast
• Early works

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• History.
• Maps.

Note

• Relief shown pictorially.
• Prime meridians: west from London.
• Historical map of the southern states from Texas in the west to Florida and the Carolinas in the east, extending as far north as the Missouri River. Also shows parts of Mexico and the very top of Cuba. Map includes many early roads and Indian villages in Texas, early French forts along the Mississippi Valley and interesting annotations including the boundary statement, "Limit of King Charles II granted to the present proprietors of Carolina in 1663."
• Plate number at upper right corner: 54.
• Map appears to be either the 3rd or 4th state from Moll's Atlas Minor. The placename Georgia has been added to the map.
• Appears in: Atlas minor, or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps. London : printed for Tho. Bowles and John Bowles, 1736-1745.

Indexed In (note)

• Phillips
• Lowery
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Source of Description (note)

• This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5685

OCLC

892622037

Author

Moll, Herman, -1732, creator.

Title

Florida, called by ye French Louisiana &c. / by H. Moll, geographer.

Publisher

[London] : [Printed for Thos. Bowles & John Bowles], [between 1736-1745]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:10,250,000 (W 109°00ʹ--W 77°00ʹ/N 40°00ʹ--N 22°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Phillips, 585, 602

Lowery, 322

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 4, page 51, column 2, no. 6

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy is pasted on sheet 31 x 36 cm.

Source

US052.1.03

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida copy image

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Bowles, Thomas, -1767, publisher.

Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.

Moll, Herman, -1732. Atlas minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps.

Ford Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5685 [Filed with Florida]