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New and Correct Map of the World, laid down according to the newest discoveries and from the most exact observations by Herman Moll, Geographer

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Title: New and Correct Map of the World, laid down according to the newest discoveries and from the most exact observations by Herman Moll, Geographer
Creator: Moll, Herman, -1732, cartographer
Contributor: Davies, Ri
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1707
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast as far as the supposed Strait of Anian, and locates New Albion and the Port Sir Francis Drake. The Longue River of La Hontan appears to follow the course of the Upper Missouri." Moll carefully points out mistakes made by Sanson by showing phantom coastlines and skewers Dutch mapmakers for copying maps without attribution. See 093:185 and 093:186 for later copies. Cartouche- mermen with flags. Submaps compare Ptolemaic system with Copernican, views of moon, sun and planets. Depiction of trade winds.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 258/105.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map : col. ; 57 x 96 cm. on sheet 60 x 99 cm.
Identifier: 105:258 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10299
Language: English
Time Period: 1707
Place: World
W 160°
W 160°/N 90°
S 90°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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