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This Map of South America, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations is most humbly Dedicated by Your Lordship's most humble servant, Herman Moll Geographer
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To the Right Honorouble Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spenser of Wormleighton, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; &ca. This Map of South America, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations is most humbly Dedicated by Your Lordship's most humble servant, Herman Moll Geographer
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View of Potosi, rant by Moll against French mapmakers. See 105:862M for another copy. Cartouche: Volcano's exploding, natives, coat of arms. Vignette: Potosi, with description of mining operations. Moll's tirade against DeLisle's map.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 629.
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To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers.; This Map of North America According to the Newest and most Exact Observations is most Humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's most humble Servant Herman Moll Geographer
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Kashnor notes,"Shows a good map of the Far West, according to knowledge at the time particularly of New Mexico. California is still an island and there is a river which is in the locality of the Columbia." Map includes famous fish drying vignette, and is known as the "Cod Fish" map. McLaughlin dates as 1719. Note this is probably an earlier state, missing John King from map sellers mentioned by McLaughlin. Cartouche: Indians & Eskimos, Moll armorial. Fish drying vignette. Submaps: St John's Harbour, Boston Harbour, New York Harbour, Charlestown Harbour, Port Royal Harbour, Havana Harbour, Pto. Bello Harbour, La Vera Cruz, Cartagena Harbour, Port of Acapulco. . Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettesSub-maps. References: McLaughlin 192; Wagner 514; Wheat 105; Tooley 82; Leighly 145; Stevens No. 7; Goss 53 (plate).. Verso Text: MS notes: No. 7 G D 213.
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New and Correct Map of the World, laid down according to the newest discoveries and from the most exact observations by Herman Moll, Geographer
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast as far as the supposed Strait of Anian, and locates New Albion and the Port Sir Francis Drake. The Longue River of La Hontan appears to follow the course of the Upper Missouri." Moll carefully points out mistakes made by Sanson by showing phantom coastlines and skewers Dutch mapmakers for copying maps without attribution. See 093:185 and 093:186 for later copies. Cartouche- mermen with flags. Submaps compare Ptolemaic system with Copernican, views of moon, sun and planets. Depiction of trade winds.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 258/105.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast as far as the supposed Strait of Anian, and locates New Albion and the Port Sir Francis Drake. The Longue River of La Hontan appears to follow the course of the Upper Missouri." Moll carefully points out mistakes made by Sanson by showing phantom coastlines and skewers Dutch mapmakers for copying maps without attribution. See 093:185 for earlier dated copy of this map. Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. Cartouche- mermen with flags. Submaps compare Ptolemaic system with Copernican, views of moon, sun and planets. Depiction of trade winds.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 186.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast as far as the supposed Strait of Anian, and locates New Albion and the Port Sir Francis Drake. The Longue River of La Hontan appears to follow the course of the Upper Missouri." Moll carefully points out mistakes made by Sanson by showing phantom coastlines and skewers Dutch mapmakers for copying maps without attribution. See 105:258 for earlier copy, 093:186 for a later copy. Note slightly revised shape of Madagascar from earlier version. Cartouche- mermen with flags. Submaps compare Ptolemaic system with Copernican, views of moon, sun and planets. Depiction of trade winds.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 185.
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New & Exact Map of the Coast, Countries and Islands within the Limits of the South Sea Company from the River Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through the South Sea, to the North Part of California &c. With a View of the General and Coasting Trade-Winds. And particular Draughts of the most important Bays, Ports. &ce. According to the Newest Observations, By Herman Moll Geographer
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Kashnor notes, "This is one of the earliest English maps to locate Mount Nevada in California, where are also located New Albion, Monterey, Port Sir Francis Drake, Mount St. Martin." Moll rails against French mapmakers at the bottom of this map. Note detailed map of Pepy's Island (nonexistent.) McLaughlin dates as [1711], notes this map as State 2 and gives appeared in information. Twelve submaps. Isle Chiloe, Bay of Guiaquil, Port of Baldivia, Chart from England to the Ananoca, Peypes or Pepys Island, Straits of Magellan, Isthmus of Darien, Gallapagos Islands, Juan Fernandez Island, Gulf of Nicoya, Gulf of Ampalla, Port of Acapulco.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McLaughlin 181; Phillips 554; Wagner 498.. Verso Text: MS note: 192..
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