A Map of the West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea : with ye adjacent Countries ; explaning what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c.also ye Trade Winds, and ye several Tracts made by ye Galeons and Flota from place to place According to ye Newest and most Exact Observations /
Moll, Herman,-1732.
Bowles, Thomas,-1767.
Bowles, John,1701-1779.
[London] : Thomas Bowles, John Bowles,
[1736 ?].
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
Map dedication on the left : "To Wil.Paterson Esq; This Map of the West-Indies &c is most Humbly Dedicated by Her. Moll Geographer".
Three scale indicators : "Spanish Miles 70" [= 8.2 cm], "Dutch Miles 30" [= 4.2 cm], "English and French Leagues 100" [= 10.3 cm].
Insets in the top right hand corner : La Vera Cruz, One Mile [=2 cm]-- A Draught of ye Bay and Citty of Havana, One English M.[=1.5 cm]--The Bay of Porto Bella, 3 English miles[=0.7 cm] -- A Draught of St Augustin and its harbour One Mile[=0.7 cm]-- A Draught of ye Citty of Cartagena its Harbour & Forts, 3 English Miles[=2 cm].
In the bottom left hand corner, a prospect of The City of Mexico in New Spain. "Explanation" above. Derived from a view in an unpublished atlas by Johannes Vingboons (1628). The image was probably copied from a map by Juan Gomez de Trasmonte, supervisor of the construction of a drainage system for Mexico City in 1628. (Kagan, Urban images of the Hispanic world, fig. 4.23.)
Printed for Tho.Bowles in St Pauls Church yard and Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
North up. Marginal grid ; gridlines ; longitude from London. Indication of time difference in the top margin.
In: Moll's Atlas pl. 10.
Phillips, 585; Tooley. Dictionary of mapmakers, p. 444; Tooley. Maps and map-makers, p. 55; Tyacke. London map-sellers, 1600-1720, pp. 122-123.
The map shows the Caribbean Seas.