To the Right Honourable William Lord Cowper, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain : this map of Asia according to ye Newest and most Exact observation is most Humbly dedicated /
Moll Herman
Bowles, John
Bowles, Thomas,1694-1773
Overton, Philip,-1751.
King, John
London : H.Moll, J.Bowles, Tho.Bowles,
[post 1723-1725 ?] .
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
The dedication cartouche is in the bottom left hand corner. Crest of the Chancellor with motto :"Tuum est". Figures with easterner costumes. An elephant rider with a parasol. Vases, chests, palm tree, incense.
Insets in the top left hand corner : "Hellespont or ye Straits of Constanti-nople by Capt.Bamburg", "The Gulf of Smirna", Bombay and Sallset Isl., Hugly R. from Buffalow Point to Hugly Towne.
Insets in the top right hand corner :"Part of Chusan Island to China" and "Too avoid too great a contraction of the scale, the supposed North Coast of Asia is continued here."
The map shows the seasonal winds. An input of text questions the New Philippines.
Marginal grid ; gridlines. North mostly up (compass on the right of the map). Longitude both from London and Ferro Island.
Scale indicator for the Chusan inset : "4 miles"=1.5 cm.
Scale indicator for the Gulf of Smirna inset : "4 leagues"=1.9 cm.
Scale indicator for Bombay inset : "4 Miles"=3 cm.
Scale indicator for Hugly River inset : "15 Miles" = 1.5 cm.
Publishers mention : Printed for H.Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar. In° Bowles Print' and MapSeller at the Black Horse in Corn Hill, and Tho.Bowles Print and Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St Pauls church yard. [Sold ?] by Philip Overton Map and Printseller near St Dunstans Church Fleetstreet. and by John King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey.
Daniel Midwinter was taken out from the print and overwritten with John Bowles.
In Moll's Atlas, pl.4.