Cartographer:
MOLL, Herman
Title:
A MAP of the NORTH POLE with all the Territories that lye near it, known to us &c. According to the latest Discoveries, and most Exact Observations. Agreeable to Modern History. By H. MOLL Geographer
Stock Code:
9765
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
Modern History of All Nations by Mr. Salmon
Edition:
London
Size: (W x H):
28cm x 20.5cm
11 inches x 8 inches
Date:
1744
Price:
£260
This small and decorative antique map by the famous English cartographer Herman Moll shows the North Pol with the adjacent North American continent, Iceland, Spitzbergen, Scandinavia and Russia. In the lower corners with detailed explanations in English. Further on the map was equipped with many place names, mostly along the coasts and several compass roses. It is from Thomas Salmon’s grand work in 32 volumes ‘Modern History: or, the present state of all nations’.
Fine condtion.