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1730 MOLL, H. - To Her Most Sacred Majesty Carolina Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, This Map of Europe According to the Newest and most Exact Observations is most Humbly Dedicated by your Majesty's most Obe
To Her Most Sacred Majesty Carolina Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, This Map of Europe According to the Newest and most Exact Observations is most Humbly Dedicated by your Majesty's most Obe
| Maker: | MOLL, H. | |
| Date: | London, 1730 | |
| Colored: | In original outline colors. | |
| Size: | 595 x 975 mm / 23.4 x 38.4 inches | |
| Condition: | The map is in very good condition on the verso some folds have been reinforced which is normal with this size of map. | |
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Moll's large format map of Europe, dedicated to Queen Caroline, queen consort of King George II, whose portrait appears in the title dedication cartouche along with allegorical figures representing the four continents.
Despite the date of 1708 in the imprint, Caroline became queen in 1727. In the original state the portrait and dedication was to Queen Anne and published by Herman Moll in his New and Compleat Atlas.
Moll was a great admirer of Peter the Great and in the bottom right is a inset map showing the canal built by Peter the Great of Russia enabling boats to cross between the Volga and the Don, thus connecting the Caspian and Black Seas.
Moll's map of Europe is a good example of his cartographic style: large scale, clear, bold.
Herman Moll (1654-1732)
Herman Moll was probably born in Bremen, Germany, and moved to London to escape the Scanian Wars. He began his career as an engraver for Moses Pitt on the English Atlas. Moll also engraved for Sir Jonas Moore, Grenville Collins, John Adair, and the Seller & Price firm. He published his first original maps in the early 1680s and had set up his own shop by the 1690s.He published several geographies, atlases and numerous sheet maps. His most famous works are Atlas Geographus, a monthly magazine that ran from 1708 to 1717, and The World Described (1715-54). He also frequently made maps for books, including those of Dampier’s publications and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Moll died in 1732.
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