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'To Her most Sacred Majesty Carolina Queen of Great Britain France & Ireland, This...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/419/3
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- WO 78/419/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- Geo II
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Description (What the record is about)
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'To Her most Sacred Majesty Carolina Queen of Great Britain France & Ireland, This map of Europe According to the Newest and most Exact Observations is most Humbly dedicated by your Majesties most Obedient Servant Herman Moll Geographer': map of territory as far east as the River Ob' and the Caspian Sea. Title in a cartouche, with a portrait of Queen Caroline [wife of King George II], the royal coat of arms, and figures probably representing the continents. Scale: 1 inch to about 100 miles. Compass indicator. Printed for [John] Bowles and [Thomas] Bowles; [published and] sold by Moll and by John King. Inset: map showing the position of a proposed canal to connect Caspian and Black Seas, via the River Volga, the River Ilovlya and the River Don; scale: 1 inch to about 8.5 miles.
Presumably, this map was originally produced between the accession of George II in 1727 and Moll's death in 1732, although it may be a later, posthumous, edition; Queen Caroline died in 1737.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Engraved, with MS colouring. Slightly perished
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- Open Document, Open Description
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