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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

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.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 97-6053	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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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

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

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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]

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