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Source Description
Shows the world as a double hemisphere, annual winds and wind directions, solar equinox and ecliptic, and noted corrections over previous geography.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
cj82ks73s
label
A new and correct map of the world, laid down according to the newest discoveries, and from the most exact observations
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82ks73s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new and correct map of the world, laid down according to the newest discoveries, and from the most exact observations
description
Shows the world as a double hemisphere, annual winds and wind directions, solar equinox and ecliptic, and noted corrections over previous geography.
date
["[1727?–1739?]"]
year
1727
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009659
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
printed for L. Bowles & Son ... by T. Bowles ...and by R. Sayer ... and by John King
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 47 cm. in diameter, in sheet 57 x 98 cm.
notes
Shows the world as a double hemisphere, annual winds and wind directions, solar equinox and ecliptic, and noted corrections over previous geography.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Insets: The Ptolemean systeme -- The North Pole -- The Copernican systeme -- Mercury -- The appearance of the Sun according to Mr. Kircher -- Venus -- Mars -- Saturn -- Jupiter -- The appearance of the Moon according to Mr. Cassini.
Includes dedication within ornamental cartouche: To His Most Sacred Majesty George IId by the grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. this map is humbly dedicated.
Includes text.
Appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 1.
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cj82ks73s
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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07000f7710ceb81e