Map moll herman (6 résultats)

Date & imprint from entry in NLS. [London: Bowles and Bowles, 1745]. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

A charming map of Port Royal Harbor, with a notation that "the Harbour is large, safe, and commodious and runs into ye best country in Carolina. Here ye air is always clear and agreeable to Europian (sic) constitutions." Published in Moll's Atlas Minor. Hilton's Head is identified, as is Bauford Town. Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps: 200 (illustrated as color plate 16). Apparent original outline color. Some soiling and raggedness in the margins. Tiny pin hole, and small repair on reverse where paper appears to have been previously mounted. 8 x 10 5/8.".…

61cm x 102cm. [24" x 40"]. Engraved map, outlined in contemporary colour; few small expert repairs with Japanese paper; backed on fine grain linen, fine condition, rare. NMM Cat. I11, vol. 1 : 398/67; Tooley Maps and Map Makers, p. 113; Karpinski XX VII; Campbell, Early Maps, p. 37." "No other maps tell us as much about their authors as those of Herrnan Moll [he] could not resist airing his theories and prejudices in long notes scattered over his maps.most of Moll's notes were reserved for the castigation of continental map publishers, among them this particular enemy, the French royal geographer Guillaume De l'1sle". His map is a good example of cartography used to promote or consolidate hegemony in any one region; he describes the French presence in Louisiana as "incroachments" and refers proudly to the Iroquois "by much ye most powerful] of all ye neighbouring Indian Nations, the old Friends and Allies of ye English who ever esteemed them to be the Bulwark and Security of all their Plantations in North America." The seeds of the Seven Years' War had been well planted.…

Engraved, with hand-colored national boundary lines. 1 vols. Image 23 x 38 inches, matted and framed to 28-1/2 x 44 inches. One fold rubbed with very slight loss, else fine, and attractive Engraved, with hand-colored national boundary lines. 1 vols. Image 23 x 38 inches, matted and framed to 28-1/2 x 44 inches.…

No binding. Etat : Very Good. Very good. Reinforced at folds, else excellent. Size: Height 22.5 x width 38.75 inches. This is Herman Moll's 1707 / 1726, large-format double-hemisphere map of the world. It is the largest and most visually entertaining English atlas map of the world from the early Colonial period; it captures a view of the world in the midst of a transformation from the state of the art of the 17th century to a more scientifically focused style of cartography. The new mode - predominantly French - dominates the map: ironic, given Moll's adopted English chauvinism. Date: 1709 (dated) Note: Most visually engaging atlas map of the world from the early Colonial period. References: OCLC 909308077. Rumsey 9729.003.…

No binding. Etat : Very Good. Very good. Original color faded. Light age toning, edge wear, and minor discoloration - as is common with this map. Size: Height 42.5 x width 24.25 inches. This is Herman Moll's 1715 'Beaver Map' of the British Colonies in America, here in its 1733 state (see below). In addition to its iconic and namesake image of Niagara Falls and the rich American peltries, this map is also significant as one of the most accurate maps of the period and the first large-scale map to show American postal routes. Date: 1715 (dated) Note: First large-scale map to show American postal routes. References: Stevens, H. and Tree, R., 'Comparative Cartography', in Tooley, R. V., The Mapping of America, #55, page 87-88, state 1715-c. Library of Congress, G3300 1731.M6.…