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C1714
The North Part of Great Britain Called Scotland.
Mapmaker:
Moll’s spectacular large two sheet map of Scotland from, The World Described with a title cartouche at top and to the right of that an inset map of the ‘Northern Ocean’ with the Shetlands and Orkney Islands. The map is … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The North Part of Great Britain Called Scotland.
Date:
C1714
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Small repaired to right hand side sheet edge, minor wear at centre fold as usual, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
1000mm
x 595mm
Paper Size:
1025mm
x 637mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1714
Description:
Moll’s spectacular large two sheet map of Scotland from, The World Described with a title cartouche at top and to the right of that an inset map of the ‘Northern Ocean’ with the Shetlands and Orkney Islands. The map is surrounded by eleven superbly engraved inset views. On the left hand side; Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Sterling, Dunotyr Castle in Merns, The Bass and Channery and on the right; Edinburgh Castle, Glasgow, St. Andrews, Sterling, and Montrose. The map is dedicated to, ‘John Earl of Marr‘ who was the 23rd Earl of Mar.
Below the title is the following; Its manifest [shown] by this Map, which is founded upon undoubted Authority [accuracy], how-easy it would be to settle the most advantageous Fishery in the World here, and also with a small Charge to make Rivers navigable, for Carrying timber to the Sea side, for there grows excellent good Fir [pine trees] etc in these parts, so that if things were rightly managed, there would be no occasion to go to Norway for Wood or to New-found-land for fish; seeing North Britain can Plentifully furnish us with both.
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.
