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...
Alternate Title(s):
World described
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
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Contents:
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.