A new & correct map of the whole world : showing the situation of its principal parts, viz. the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade winds, monsoons, variation of the compass, climats, &c with the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the North East and North West Passages the projection of this map is call'd Mercator's the design is to make it useful both for land and sea and it is laid down with all possible care, according to the newest and most exact observations / by Herman Moll, Geographer
Gift of Mrs. Homer Cotty, November 1991. Note the "Advertisement" with particularly damning review of Moses Pitt's new English Atlas. Cartouche: Figures Submaps: North Pole; Trade Winds. MS note: gmsd $25.00. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: yvx4 15-.
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image
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image/jpeg
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1 map ; hand col. ; 70 x 119 cm., sheet 74 x 122 cm.
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