Moll’s Compleat Geographer – Volume with 47 Engravings (Maps, Frontispiece, Compass, Globe, and Astronomical Details)
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The Compleat Geographer: or, The Chorography and Topography of all the Known Parts of the Earth
This atlas is Herman Moll’s The Compleat Geographer: or, The Chorography and Topography of all the Known Parts of the Earth. This is the fourth edition of the work was published in 1723 in London for J. Knapton.
This is two parts in one volume with separate title to part two. There is an engraved allegorical frontispiece, one folded map as well as 45 engraved maps, a sphere, a compass, and astronomical systems in the text. There are 9 American maps including Isle of California, New Mexico, etc; the English Empire in America; Mexico, or New Spain; South America and Terra Firma; and Peru and the Amazones Country.
Herman Moll (1654-1732) was a skilled cartographer and publisher based in London and Holland. He got his start as an engraver for Moses Pitt and other London map publishers. Moll is said to have made the bold claim that without a doubt California is an Island. He was contemporaries with Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, and William Dampier.
