Moll, Herman

Engraved map of North America on two joined sheets (totaling 40 3/8 x 24 1/4 in.; 1027 x 618 mm). Geographic features partially hand-colored in outline, scenic vignette, dedicatory cartouche, and bodies of water fully hand-colored, inset maps of "the Improved Part of Carolina," "the South Part of Carolina, and the East Part of Florida," "ye Town and Harbour of Charles-Town," and "the Principal Part of North America," large inset vignette of "ye Industry of ye Beavers of Canada," armorial dedicatory cartouche to Walter Dowglass; some minor marginal tears and repairs, a bit of creasing and repaired separations at central intersecting folds. Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass.

Cumming, 'Southeast', p. 158; 'Degrees of Latitude' 19; Stevens & Tree 55(a)

Engraved map of North America on two joined sheets (totaling 40 3/8 x 24 1/4 in.; 1027 x 618 mm). Geographic features partially handcolored in outline, scenic vignette, dedicatory cartouche, and bodies of water fully handcolored, inset maps of "the Improved Part of Carolina," "the South Part of Carolina, and the East Part of Florida," "ye Town and Harbour of Charles-Town," and "the Principal Part of North America," large inset vignette of "ye Industry of ye Beavers of Canada," armorial dedicatory cartouche to Walter Dowglass; some minor marginal tears and repairs, a bit of creasing and repaired separations at central intersecting folds. Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass.
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First state of the celebrated "Beaver map," which is also considered to be the first postal map of the American colonies. "The beaver was an appropriate image for North American maps for two reasons: the animal's importance to the fur trade and its industrious nature" ('Degrees of Latitude').