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Map This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer

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Title

  • This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer

Names

  • Moll, Herman, -1732.
  • Lens, Bernard, 1682-1740.
  • Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
  • Bowles, John, 1701-1779.

Created / Published

  • [London] : Printed for I. Bowles ; sold by H. Moll, [1715?]

Headings

  • -  North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Earth (Planet)

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:15,000,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  "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."
  • -  Includes ill. and notes.
  • -  Insets: A view of a stage & also of ye manner of fishing for, curing & drying cod at New Foundland.--St. John's harbour.--Boston harbour.--New York &c.--[Charleston region, S.C.]--Port Royal harbour.--The bay and city of ye Havana.--The bay of Pto. Bella.--La Vera Cruz.--Cartagena harbour and forts.--The port of Acapulco.
  • -  On verso in lower right corner: 6.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 58 x 97 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3300 1715 .M6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540 to 4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 80695450

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Moll, Herman, -1732, Bernard Lens, George Vertue, and John Bowles. This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer. [London: Printed for I. Bowles ; sold by H. Moll, ?, 1715] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/80695450/.

APA citation style:

Moll, H., Lens, B., Vertue, G. & Bowles, J. (1715) This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer. [London: Printed for I. Bowles ; sold by H. Moll, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/80695450/.

MLA citation style:

Moll, Herman, -1732, et al. This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer. [London: Printed for I. Bowles ; sold by H. Moll, ?, 1715] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/80695450/>.