To His Most Serene and August Majesty Peter Alexovitz Absolute Lord of Russia &c, This Map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary, And ye Black Sea &c is most Humbly Dedicated /
Moll, Herman,-1732.
Bowles, John,1701-1779.
Bowles, Thomas,-1767.
Overton, Philip,-1751.
King, John,1696-1728
London : H.Moll, J.Bowles, T.Bowles, P.Overton, J.King
[1730 ?] .
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
Dedication cartouche on the right. Crest of Russia above it ; diverse allegorical figures (one may be Wisdom?). A second group of angels with a cross and a halo, looking down on the crowned portrait of the czar, with his insignia. An archer down on the ground, a cut-off head.
Insets : "The North Part of Russia", 300 Miles of Great Britain[=4.9 cm] -- "The River Wolga from Peter Gorod to where it empties it self into the Caspian Sea", 30 British Miles[=3 cm] -- "Asoph or Asof and ye Forts, and Mouth of ye R. Don or Tanais &c.", 1 Mile [=1.7 cm].
North up. Marginal grid. Gridlines. Longitude both from London and Ferro Island.
Printed for H.Moll, between Temple Bar & St Clem.Church in ye Strand, I.Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, P.Overton over against St Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & T.Bowles next to the Chapter house in St Pauls Church yard And for I.King Print & Mapseller at the Globe in the Poultry.
The address for John Bowles indicates the map was probably re-published after 1733.
Three scale indicators : "Miles of Great Britain 60 in One Degree, 120"[=6 cm] ; "Versts of Moscovy 42 in One Degree, 126"[=9.1 cm] ; "Polish and German Leagues 15 in One Degree, 45"[=9.1 cm].
In: Moll's Atlas pl. 13.
Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, Vol. 1, T. Moll-4b, Map 13.