Historic Map : World Atlas Map, Chart of part of coast of England, Holland & Flanders &c. 1736 - Vintage Wall Art

A chart of part of ye sea coast of England, Holland & Flanders &c. Shewing the sands, banks, depth of water, bearing, and the course of the principal tracts from the River Thames, and Harwich, &c. to ye Texel, Helevoet Sluys, Ostend, Calais, and their distances in English miles, with remarks. By Herman Moll Geographer, according to Capt. G. Collins. (Printed and sold by T. Bowles next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Churchyard, & I. Bowles at ye Black Horse in Cornhill. 1736?) | Contains 62 hand col. double-page engraved maps (10 folding). Contemporary ink inscription on front blank endpaper. Newer full polished calf with original gilt-lettered red leather label. A few minor repairs. The Atlas Minor was first published in 1729 and reprinted in 1732. This ed. has new engraved title-page with contents and revised maps. The maps in the third ed. are similar to those of the 2nd, except that a number of the American maps contain added place names. Like most of Moll's works, the majority of the maps are undated, although the maps of Great Tartary (no. 32) and "The West Part of Barbary" (no. 41) are dated 1732. The deciding factor which makes this copy the 3rd. ed. is map no. 13 (Germany) which carries the added legend, "Lorrain was ceded to France A.D. 1736 ..." Includes 29 maps of Europe, 10 of Asia, 5 of Africa and 18 of the Americas, including the double-hemisphere world map (no. 1) and the map of America (no. 45) that show California as an island. The Rumsey Collection copy includes 17 extra inserted, uncolored, undated maps (13 folding, 2 manuscript), 7 of which deal with the West Coast of Africa, and 2 of which are manuscript maps of the harbors at Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, the mouth of the Amazon River and Straits of Magellan, all with captions and place names in French; 3 others are of Upper and Lower Canada.

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