A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and From the Most Exact Observations

by Herman Moll

$5,400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A magnificent and monumental World map, showing the globe in the early days of the Age of Enlightenment and European imperialism. This fascinating global perspective, featured in double-hemispheres, depicts the latest state of knowledge of the world in the first quarter of the eighteenth-century. The delineation of Europe, South America, and southern Asia is quite sophisticated, while the depiction of regions further beyond suggests only fleeting exploration or outright

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