A New and Exact MAP of the DOMINIONS/ of the KING of GREAT BRITAIN/ on y.e Continent of NORTH AMERICA.

DateAfter 1735; originally published 1715

Cartographer Herman Moll (1654?-1732)

Engraver Herman Moll (1654?-1732)

Publisher Thomas Bowles II ca.1689 - 1767

Publisher John Bowles and Son fl. 1754 - ca. 1764

Publisher John King 1698 - 1748

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving on laid paper with period hand color

DimensionsOverall: 40 5/16 × 24 1/4in. (102.4 × 61.6cm)
Framed: 50 1/4 × 33 7/8 × 1in.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-130

DescriptionThe upper center cartouche reads: "A New and Exact MAP of the DOMINIONS/ of the KING of GREAT BRITAIN/ on y.e Continent of NORTH AMERICA./ Containing/ NEWFOUNDLAND, NEW SCOTLAND, NEW ENG:/ LAND, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENSILVANIA/ MARYLAND, VIRGINIA and CAROLINA./ According to the Newest and most Exact Observations By/ HERMAN MOLL Geographer."

The center cartouche reads: "To the Honourable/ WALTER DOWGLASS Esq.r/ Constituted CAPTAIN GENERAL and Chief/ Governor of all y.e Leeward Islands in America/ by her late Majesty Queen Anne in y.e Year 1711./ This Map is most Humbly Dedicated by your most Humble Servant Herman Moll Geog.r"

Text below the scales of distance reads: "Printed and Sold by Tho: Bowles next y.e Chapter House in S.t Pauls/ Church-yard, John Bowles & Son of the Black Horse in Cornhil./ and by I. King at y.e Globe in y.e Poultrey near Stocks Market."Label TextThis attractively designed map illustrates the east coast from northern Florida to Canada. Although the area depicted is vast, the inset views provided a great deal of information, particularly on the Carolinas. New English, French, and Indian settlements are noted in this area. This map by Moll and others to follow were published as counterclaims to encroaching French settlements.ProvenanceBefore 1968, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1968-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).