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C1732
Africa ex Bello Africano C.Julii Caesaris
Mapmaker:
Map of Alexander’s tracks from “Thirty two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients.”Â
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Full Title:
Africa ex Bello Africano C.Julii Caesaris
Date:
C1732
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
222mm
x 150mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1732
Description:
Map of Alexander’s tracks from “Thirty two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients.”Â
Hermann Moll (1678 - 1732)
Moll was a Dutch emigre who came to London about 1680 following the Scanian Wars, he first worked as an engraver for Moses Pitt, later setting up his own business and becoming, after the turn of the century, the foremost map publisher in England. As his fame grew he became a well known figure at in the group of Intelligencia who gathered at Jonathon's Coffee House in Exchange Alley or Change Alley. This narrow alleyway connecting shops and coffeehouses in an old neighbourhood of the City of London, served as a convenient shortcut from the Royal Exchange on Cornhill to the Post Office on Lombard Street. Shops once located in Exchange Alley included ship chandlers, makers of navigation instruments such as telescopes, and goldsmiths from Lombardy in Italy. The coffee houses of Exchange Alley, especially Jonathan's and Garraway's, became an early venue for the lively trading of shares and commodities. Moll was able to obtain crucial information from the lively commercial and intellectual scene in the area. Moll was at the forefront of map making during his working life and his maps reflect his ever inquisitive nature.
