COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Date:
1719
Short Title:
North America.
Publisher:
John and Tho. Bowles
Publisher Location:
Cornhill
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
59
Obj Width cm:
98
Scale 1:
16,400,000
Note:
Known as the "Codfish" map because of the scenes of fishing and fish processing.
Reference:
Tooley 82; McLaughlin 192; Stevens 7.
World Area:
North America
Subject:
Fishing
Full Title:
This Map of North America. (insets) Ten American harbors. Scene of fishing and fish curing in Newfoundland.
List No:
9729.009
Page No:
VII
Series No:
9
Publication Author:
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Pub Date:
1732
Pub Title:
The World Described; or, A New and Correct Sett of Maps.
Pub Reference:
P554, P3469; Cumming 158; The Map Collector No. 29; NMM Moll 398; Stevens 8; Reinhartz, "The Cartographer and the Literati: Herman Moll and His Intellectual Circle..."
Pub Note:
This is Moll's most impressive atlas, although it is largely just a collection of maps with a paste down title on the inside front cover. The maps are filled with Moll's observations, opinions, and knowledge and these annotations make the maps special and very personal, compared to other maps of the same period. The "beaver" map in this copy is state 6 and dates the overall atlas at 1732. Moll first issued the atlas ca. 1715-17 and it had a republishing history of over 30 years. Moll was born in Germany and came to London around 1680. He published a large group of geographic books, atlases, and maps. At the bottom of the paste down listing of the atlas contents, Moll states "These maps are the most correct, entertaining, and historical of any yet made..." Outline color. Relief in sketches.
Pub List No:
9729.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
30
Pub Height cm:
65
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
9729009.jp2
Authors:
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Link To Source
North America.
