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. This map of North America according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant /
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
Sold by H. Moll over against Deverux Court in ye Strand, printed for I. Bowles Mapseller at the Black House in Cornhill and T. Bowles Print and Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church yard, and over against Devereux Court, without Temple Bar. And by P. Overton Map and Printseller near St. Dunstans Church Fleetstreet, and by Iohn King at the Globe in the Poultry,
[1720?]
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| Item Description: | Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings on insets. Shows political boundaries, major cities, internal states, areas of Indian habitation for North America from Greenland to the northern coast of Terra Firma [South America], in the east the Pacific along the western coast of California [shown as an island] and Mexico; the West Indies, the Azores, Iceland, and Ireland; tradewinds. Includes text notes and explanation. The Atlantic Ocean is labelled as the "Sea of the British Empire" and the British claims to fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland are stressed. Four lines of text in the Atlantic end with the printed date "Sept. 14. 1712." Prime meridian: London. Hand colored outlines. Illustrations and margin are colored on some issues. Detached from: Moll, Herman. The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps. [London : J. Bowles, 1709-1720]. Plate 7. Insets, each with north arrow and bar scale: St. John's Harbour -- Boston Harbour -- New York -- Ashley & Cooper River -- Port Royal Harbour -- The Bay & City of ye Havana -- The Bay of Pto. Bella -- La Vera Cruz -- Cartagena Harbour and Forts -- The Port of Acapulco. Illustration: "A view of a stage & also of ye manner of fishing for, curing & drying cod at New Found Land ..." Includes legend. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 map : hand colored ; 57 x 94 cm, on 2 sheets, joined |