File:Map of Europe according to the newest and most exact observations ... NYPL1630431.tiff

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English: A map of Europe c. 1708 with the cartouche changed to show and praise Queen Caroline of Ansbach (elevated 1727) and employ her coat of arms's motto, but the print information and map date left unchanged on the bottom left and the inset map of the construction of the Don–Volga Canal unchanged to indicate its completion.


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The Don–Volga Canal, connecting the Black and Caspian Seas

Cartouche:

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.
Catalogue call number
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Map Div. 97-6053[LHS 329; atlas cases]
Item/Page/Plate
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3
Item physical description
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1 map : hand col. ; 64 x 96 cm., folded to 64 x 28 cm.
Standard reference
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Variant of Phillips 554
Date c. 1736, emended reprint of a c. 1708 original
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institution QS:P195,Q219555
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, copy of some atlas.
Author Herman Moll (d. 1732)
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(Reusing this file)

From The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. http://maps.nypl.org

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Source description
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1 atlas (65 leaves (most folded)) : 31 maps (most hand col.) ; 65 cm.
Digital item published
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5-12-2008; updated 1-9-2012
Digital ID
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1630431




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