HERMAN MOLL (fl.1678-1732) [Asia] A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent Countries; with the settlements, factories and territories, explaining what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal & c. with Many remarks not extant in any other map. [London: c.1715-20]. Hand-coloured engraved map on two joined sheets, 610 x 1010mm. Title panel surmounted by the arms of the East India Company, inset plans of the city of Bantam, Fort St. George and the city of Madras and the city of Batavia, inset views of the cities of Goa and Surat. (Some light browning and minor creasing at lower edge, dark brown mark too left margin.) One of the finest large-scale English maps of the East Indies chronicling the forts and factories of the Dutch East India Company and the East India Company (the map is dedicated to the Directors of the latter), with quite extensive integral engraved text giving details of various towns or areas of interest, and a series of five inserts with plans or views. The map covers an area from the Indus in the west to south-western Japan and southwards to include the all of the East Indian Islands. The map was published in Moll's large format World Atlas in c.1715-20.
HERMAN MOLL (fl.1678-1732) [Asia] A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent Countries; with the settlements, factories and territories, explaining what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal & c. with Many remarks not extant in any other map. [London: c.1715-20]. Hand-coloured engraved map on two joined sheets, 610 x 1010mm. Title panel surmounted by the arms of the East India Company, inset plans of the city of Bantam, Fort St. George and the city of Madras and the city of Batavia, inset views of the cities of Goa and Surat. (Some light browning and minor creasing at lower edge, dark brown mark too left margin.) One of the finest large-scale English maps of the East Indies chronicling the forts and factories of the Dutch East India Company and the East India Company (the map is dedicated to the Directors of the latter), with quite extensive integral engraved text giving details of various towns or areas of interest, and a series of five inserts with plans or views. The map covers an area from the Indus in the west to south-western Japan and southwards to include the all of the East Indian Islands. The map was published in Moll's large format World Atlas in c.1715-20.
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