Moll, Herman, -1732, The world describ'd, or, A new and correct set of maps , [between 1748 and 1766]
- Title(s):
- The world describ'd, or, A new and correct set 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):
World described
New and correct set of maps- Published/Created:
- London : These maps ... are sold either single or in sets, by Robert Sayer, map, and printseller, at the Golden Buck (late P. Overton's) facing Fetter-Lane End, Fleet-street, [between 1748 and 1766]
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas ([1] leaf, [58] leaves of plates) : 29 maps ; 67 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2024 37Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3439281
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ
- Notes:
- Relief shown pictorially.
Robert Sayer was active at the Golden Buck between 1748 and 1766. See: Worms, Laurence. British map engravers. The individual maps and atlas were previously sold by Thomas Bowles, John Bowles, John King, and Philip Overton.
BAC Folio B 2024 37: Maps are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary calf (volume 67 x 31 cm); each leaf is folded. - Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
World atlases.
Etchings. - Export:
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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, call'd Scotland
- XIX. Ireland
- XX. Germany
- XXI. The electorate of Brunswick, Lunenburgh, and the rest of the King's dominions in Germany
- XXII. The united provinces of the Netherlands
- XXIII. Flanders, of the Austrian Netherlands, &c.
- XXIV. France
- XXV. Spain and Portugal
- XXVI. Italy
- XXVII. The upper part of Italy
- XXVIII. The Turkish empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa
- XXIX. An historical map of the Roman Empire.
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