A Map of the West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea : with ye adjacent Countries ; explaining 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.
[London] : Herman Moll ,
[1715 ?].
Relief shown pictorially.
The map shows the Caribbean Seas.
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-- A Draught of ye Bay and Citty of Havana--The Bay of Porto Bella -- A Draught of St Augustin and its harbour -- A Draught of ye Citty of Cartagena its Harbour & Forts.
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 Derived from a view in an unpublished atlas by Johannes Vingboons (1628).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.)
North up. Marginal grid ; gridlines ; longitude from London. Indication of time difference in the top margin.
In: Moll's Atlas pl. 39.
Phillips, Atlases, 5961, no. 10.
Verso : Manuscript mention in ink- "N° 39th"