This map of Asia according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship’s most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer

Antique Maps of China

This map of Asia according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer

Herman Moll

MAP I. Bowles, 1715

1 map in 2 sheets : line col. ; 59 x 98 cm

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A large-scale map of Asia on two sheets. Note the strange outline given to the regions to the north of Japan. Its detailed insets show important rivers, harbors, and trading posts. In the upper right are "The Ice Sea" (Arctic Ocean), Chusan (Zhoushan), and Amoy (xiamen). On the left are the "Hellespont" (showing the Dardanelles in today's Turkey), "The Gulf of Smirna" (The Gulf of Izmir, also in Turkey), Bombay (Mumbai, in India) and "Hugly R." (the river today known as the Hooghly or Hugli, so important for Calcutta's port).

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Collection Antique Maps of China Map makers Moll, Herman, -1732 Geographic region Asia Note Scale not given Hand colored Relief shown pictorially At head of title: "To the Right Honourable William Lord Cowper, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain." Includes ill. and notes Includes 7 insets with various scales: Hellespont or ye straits of Constantinople / by Capt. Bamburg -- The Gulf of Smirna -- Bomsay and Sallset Isl. -- Hugly R. from Buffalow point to Hugly Towne -- [Asia -- Chusan Island -- Amoy] Language English Call number G7400 1715 .M65 DOI 10.14711/spcol/b536714

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This map of Asia according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer

Herman Moll

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