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Description

Type of resource cartographic
Extent 1 map : 24.9 x 18.4 cm.; 26.3 x 19.8 cm including border.
Place [London]
Date created [1736]
Map data [ca. 1:75,000,000] ; W 160° --E 20°/N 90° --S 90°

Creators/Contributors

Creator Moll, Herman, d. 1732

Subjects

Subject America > Maps
Subject California as an island > Maps
Genre Map
Genre Early maps
Genre Digital maps
Genre Separate map

Bibliographic information

State 2 [1736], with added engraved "45" (top right). Date is missing from cartouche and Str. of Annian has been poorly erased.
Note Cartography nearly identical to his map entitled: A Map of AMERICA According to ye Newest and most Exact Observations, [1711?], although this later map includes parts of Western Europe, islands in the north Atlantic, and changed and added labels.
Note Tradewinds shown between 30 N and 30 S latitudes.
Statement of responsibility By H. Moll Geographer.
References LC 578 & 585(45); Leighly 167 (Plate XVIII); UCB; Barbara McCorkle
Note California as an island with indented northern coast; Mozeemleck to north, Gulf of California to east.
Publications Issued in Modern history, Vol. 28 / Thomas Salmon, 1736.
Original McLaughlin Book Number (1995 edition) 213
Original McLaughlin book number (1995 edition) with latest state information 213-02
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/hm631gm1074

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Use and reproduction
Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
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Collection

The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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