The South Part of Great Britain, called England and Wales. : Containing all ye Cities, Market Towns, Boroughs : And whatever Places have ye Election of Members of Parliament.with ye Names of Rivers, Seaports, Sands, Hills, Moors, For-rests &c.All ye Great or Post Roads, and principal Cross-Roads &c.With ye Computed Miles from Town to Town, and all ye Post Towns, as they are at present regulated by the Postmasters Genl.of the General Post House. According to ye most approved surveys and accurate Observa-tions /
Moll, Herman,-1732.
Bowles, Thomas,-1767.
Bowles, John,1701-1779.
Overton, Philip,-1751.
King, John,1652-1732
London : H.Moll, John Bowles and Thomas Bowles,
[1726].
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
Scale indicator : "Miles of Great Britain 60 in One Degree,40" [= 6.8 cm].
Explanation in the left of the map.
Title cartouche in the top right of the map. Allegorical figures. Crest. Two lines of ships in the background.
Advertisement in the right : sources, publication and errors.
"Alphabetical table of all the cities, Market towns, boroughs, &c" on both sides of the map : 4 columns, with an explaination of its use on the top left hand corner.
Ornated dedication over Ireland : "To the Right Honourable Francis Lord Viscount Rialton Son and Heir apparent of the Right Hon.ble Sidney Earl of Godolphin &c, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain. This Map of South Britain is most Humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's most Humble Servant Herman Moll Geographer". Crest with motto.
Engraving shows a road with two riders and a guard lying down on the grass by the side of the road.
North up.Marginal grid ; gridlines. Longitude from London. Time difference from London.
Printed for H.Moll, over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar, I.Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill and Tho.Bowles Print and Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St Pauls Church yard By whom are to be sold these Maps done by ye said Mr Moll The World, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, A Map of the Roman Empire &c, each in 2 sheets, where also may be had a New Pocket Globe of 3 Inches diameter with all the new Constellations of Mr Hevelius &c.
Sold by Philip Overton Map and Print seller near St Dunstans Church Fleet street. And by John King at the Globe in the Poultry.
First published in 1710 - reprint of the 1720's.
In Moll's Atlas, pl. 17.
Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, Vol. 1, T. Moll-4b, Map 16.