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Map of the Middle East and Asia including the East Indies. It features characteristic misconceptions of early 18th century cartography such as New Guinea as a peninsula of the southern continent and Iapon or Niphon [i.e. Japan] having a huge northern island called Land of Iesso [presumably the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin].
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Document identity
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cj82ks63j
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To the Right Honourable William, Lord Cowper, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, this map of Asia
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map
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Source metadata
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cj82ks63j
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map
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normalized
title
To the Right Honourable William, Lord Cowper, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, this map of Asia
description
Map of the Middle East and Asia including the East Indies. It features characteristic misconceptions of early 18th century cartography such as New Guinea as a peninsula of the southern continent and Iapon or Niphon [i.e. Japan] having a huge northern island called Land of Iesso [presumably the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin].
date
["[1710–1719]"]
year
1710
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009656
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Cowper, William Cowper, Earl, ca. 1665-1723
1715–1718
subjectsGeographic
Asia
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Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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1
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[London]
publisher
Printed for H. Moll ... Ino. Bowles & Son ... and Tho. Bowles ... by Philip Overton ... and by John King
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
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43.8
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87.633
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 57 x 95 cm.
notes
Map of the Middle East and Asia including the East Indies. It features characteristic misconceptions of early 18th century cartography such as New Guinea as a peninsula of the southern continent and Iapon or Niphon [i.e. Japan] having a huge northern island called Land of Iesso [presumably the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin].
Prime meridians: Ferro and London.
Relief shown pictorially.
Dedicated to Lord Cowper, High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1714-1718.
Block of text at far right lower side of map indicating that two Jesuit explorers, Paul Clain and Le Gibien, had reported 87 islands found east or south-east of the Philippines but this was not yet confirmed by other explorers.
Insets: Hellespont, or ye Straits of Constantinople -- The Gulf of Smirna -- Bombay and Sallset Isl. -- Hugley R. from Buffalow Point to Hugly Towne -- The Ice Sea -- Part of Chusan I. -- [Amoy Island].
Appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 4.
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cj82ks63j
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map
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