Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Childe, Timothy.
2. Falconer, Robert, active 1700.
3. Luyts, Jan, 1655-1721.

Description

1. 2 pts. in 1 v. : ill., 43 maps; 32 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 341.
2. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 341A.
3. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Alternative title

1. System of geography
2. New & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states
3. New and accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states

Subject

1. Geography > Early works to 1800

Contents

1. Pt. 1. An introduction to geography, Europe -- pt. 2. Description of Asia, Africa, and America / written in Latin by Joan Luyts ... English'd with large additional accounts of the East-Indies, and the English plantations in America.

Call number

1. Map Div. 97-6063

Note

1. The "Introduction to geography" and a large part of the descriptive text in pt. 1 are by Robert Falconer.

Author

1. Moll, Herman, -1732.

Title

1. A system of geography, or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states : illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country : fairly engraven on copper, according to the latest discoveries and corrections / by Herman Moll.

Imprint

1. London : Printed for Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the West-end of St. Paul's Church-yard, 1701.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Childe, Timothy.
2. Falconer, Robert, active 1700.
3. Luyts, Jan, 1655-1721.

LCCN

1. 07040361

Research call number

1. Map Div. 97-6063 [LHS 341 ; atlas cases]
2. Map Div. 97-6064 [LHS 341A ; atlas cases]