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To the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/419/11
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This record is about the To the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton,... dating from [early 18th century] in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/419/11
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Date (When the record was created)
- [early 18th century]
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Description (What the record is about)
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To the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, & c. This Map of South America, According to the Newest and most Exact Observations is most Humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most Humble Servant Herman Moll Geographer': also shows part of the coast of west Africa and real and non-existent Atlantic and South Sea (i.e. Pacific) islands. Reference note referring to the inaccuracy of rival mapmakers' work. Title in a decorative cartouche with a coat of arms and figures intended to represent native peoples. Compass indicator. Drawn by B Lens; engraved by G Vertue; printed for Moll, [John] Bowles, [Thomas] Bowles, [Philip] Overton and John King. Inset: view of Potosí (now in Bolivia), with a reference note.
Lord Spencer succeeded to the title of Earl of Sunderland in 1702 and died in 1722; presumably the map was originally produced during that time.
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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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, with MS colouring
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448143/
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