The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps : shewing, the several empires, kingdoms, republics, principalities, provinces, &c. in all the known parts of the earth : wherein the errors of the ancient geographers are corrected according to the latest observations of travellers, as communicated to the Royal Society of London, and the Royal Academy of Paris / each map is engraved on copper by Herman Moll, geographer, and printed on two sheets of elephant-paper...

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Moll, Herman, -1732, The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps , [circa 1740?]

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Creator:: Moll, Herman, -1732
Title(s):: The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps : shewing, the several empires, kingdoms, republics, principalities, provinces, &c. in all the known parts of the earth : wherein the errors of the ancient geographers are corrected according to the latest observations of travellers, as communicated to the Royal Society of London, and the Royal Academy of Paris / each map is engraved on copper by Herman Moll, geographer, and printed on two sheets of elephant-paper...
Additional Title(s):: New and correct sett of maps
Published/Created:: [London] : These maps ... are sold either single or in setts, by Tho. Bowles, print and map-seller in St. Paul's Churchyard ..., [circa 1740?]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([1] leaf, [60] leaves of plates) : 30 maps ; 64 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 36
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3439278
Classification:: Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:: Scales differ
Notes:: Relief shown pictorially.
Dated 1709-1736 in A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress.
Imprints vary, naming John Bowles ("I. Bowles"), Thomas Bowles, Philip Overton, and John King as sellers and printers.
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 3469
BAC Folio B 2024 36: Title page is affixed to front paste-down. Maps are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary leather (in volume 64 x 32 cm). Each leaf of maps is folded.
Form/Genre:: Atlases.
World atlases.
Etchings.
Contributors:: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, bookseller.
Bowles, John, 1701–1779, bookseller.
King, John, 1738–1822, bookseller.
Overton, Philip, -1751, bookseller.
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Contents (from title page): I. The world in two hemispheres
II. A map of the whole world
III. Europe
IV. Asia
V. The East-Indies
VI. Africa
VII. North-America
VIII. The dominions of the King of Great Britain, on the continent of North-America
IX. The north part of America
X. The West-Indies
XI. South-America
XII. A new and exact map of the coasts, countries, and islands, within the limits of the South-Sea Company
XIII. Moscovy, Poland, Prussia, Little Tartary, and the Black Sea
XIV. Denmark and Sweden
XV. A new map of the Baltick
XVI. Great-Britain
XVII. The south part of Great Britain, called England and Wales
XVIII. The north part of Great Britain, called Scotland
XIX. Ireland
XX. Germany
XXI. The electorate of Brunswick, Lunenburgh, and the rest of the King's dominions in Germany
XXII. A new map of the course of the Rhine, from Strasbourg to Bonn, with the adjacent countries
XXIII. The united provinces of the Netherlands
XXIV. Flanders, of the Austrian Netherlands, &c.
XXV. France
XXVI. Spain and Portugal
XXVII. Italy
XXVIII. The upper part of Italy
XXIX. The Turkish empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa
XXX. An historical map of the Roman Empire.

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