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Regions and Seasons: London-based cartographer Herman Moll produced this world map for his atlas The World Described (1709-36) to document the numerous expeditions undertaken by English explorers searching for an ocean passage to Asia. In addition to notes on climate and weather events, Moll also included an early rendering of the trade winds in this map. Shown as small arrows and curving lines, Moll based his depiction on the first meteorological map produced by Edmund Halley in 1686. The seasonal trade winds were critical to efficient navigation of oceans in the 18th century.
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cj82ks59z
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A new & correct map of the whole world
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map
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1
Source metadata
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cj82ks59z
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map
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normalized
title
A new & correct map of the whole world
description
Regions and Seasons: London-based cartographer Herman Moll produced this world map for his atlas The World Described (1709-36) to document the numerous expeditions undertaken by English explorers searching for an ocean passage to Asia. In addition to notes on climate and weather events, Moll also included an early rendering of the trade winds in this map. Shown as small arrows and curving lines, Moll based his depiction on the first meteorological map produced by Edmund Halley in 1686. The seasonal trade winds were critical to efficient navigation of oceans in the 18th century.
date
["1719"]
year
1719
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009658
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
Trade winds--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Sold by H. Moll ; Sold by I. King ; Printed for John Bowles & Son ... and Tho. Bowles
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
extent
1 map on 2 sheets : hand. col., assembled ; 71 x 122 cm.
notes
World map showing trade winds, climate zones, magnetic variation, and exploration routes.
Title from illustrated cartouche; alternate title in box at lower center.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes notes.
Insets: [World map] : this chart is to shew degrees of the variation of ye compas's as they were observ'd in ye year 1700 in ye Atlantick and Indian Ocean: and you will see in ye map & ye variations of ye compass markt over ye Great South Sea as they were found in 17 9/10 -- The North Pole.
Appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 2.
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cj82ks59z
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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