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Map A new and correct map of the world laid down according to the newest discoveries and from the most exact observations

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Title

  • A new and correct map of the world laid down according to the newest discoveries and from the most exact observations

Names

  • Moll, Herman, -1732, cartographer.
  • Moll, Herman, -1732.

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for and sold by I. Bowles, map and print seller at the Black Horse in Cornhill & map and print seller next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church yard, and by P. Overton, map & printseller near St. Dunstan's Church Fleet Street and by John King at ye Globe in ye poultry, [1736?]

Headings

  • -  Earth (Planet)

Genre

  • World maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Appears in Moll's World described.
  • -  Includes illustrations including the Ptolemean and Copernican systems and the sun, moon and planets, ancillary hemisphere map centered on the North Pole, and text.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: fold-lined, with discoloration and losses along the folds. Sectioned in two, and mounted on cloth.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 2 hemispheres, each 48 cm in diameter, on sheet 63 x 102 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 1736 .M6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017585674

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Moll, Herman, -1732, Cartographer, and Herman Moll. A New and Correct Map of the World Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries and from the Most Exact Observations. [London: Printed for and sold by I. Bowles, map and print seller at the Black Horse in Cornhill & map and print seller next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church yard, and by P. Overton, map & printseller near St. Dunstan's Church Fleet Street and by John King at ye Globe in ye poultry, ?, 1736] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017585674/.

APA citation style:

Moll, H. & Moll, H. (1736) A New and Correct Map of the World Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries and from the Most Exact Observations. [London: Printed for and sold by I. Bowles, map and print seller at the Black Horse in Cornhill & map and print seller next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church yard, and by P. Overton, map & printseller near St. Dunstan's Church Fleet Street and by John King at ye Globe in ye poultry, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017585674/.

MLA citation style:

Moll, Herman, -1732, Cartographer, and Herman Moll. A New and Correct Map of the World Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries and from the Most Exact Observations. [London: Printed for and sold by I. Bowles, map and print seller at the Black Horse in Cornhill & map and print seller next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church yard, and by P. Overton, map & printseller near St. Dunstan's Church Fleet Street and by John King at ye Globe in ye poultry, ?, 1736] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017585674/>.