A pocket companion of ye roads of ye north part of Great Britain called Scotland : containing all ye cities, market towns, boroughs &c. the principal roads, with ye computed miles from town to town /
Moll, Herman,-1732.
Defoe, Daniel,1661?-1731.
Strahan, George,-1752.
[London : printed and sold by G. Strahan ... [etc.],
1727]
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows gridlines, rivers, lochs (shaded), woods, roads, rocky areas, settlements, place names, territorial boundaries and the border Scotland-England.
Scale statement reads: "Miles of Great Britain", with scale bar graded [0]-40.
Includes inset with the Orkney and Shetland islands (top right corner).
At lower left corner a legend gives symbols for cities, boroughs, universities and roads.
Underneath the legend: "Sold by Herman Moll between Temple Bar and St. Clements Church in the Str and [blank space]".
Above legend, ornate cartouche decorated with coat of arms and motto has a dedication inscribed by Moll to Iohn Ker, Duke of Roxburgh (John Ker Roxburghe, ca. 1680-1741).
With five elaborate compass roses (the one in the inset has direction lines radiating); the coasts are shaded outwards.
Borders filled in with graduations of longitude and latitude; the top border has "6 Degrees West from Edinburgh Castle"; the lower one "9 Degrees West from London.
This is a reduction of the northern part of Moll's 1717 map of Great Britain, with the same road distances, a few main roads now in double lines and road distances inserted on the islands. It was first published by Moll in 1718; the date has been deleted in this issue appearing in Defoe's work of 1727.
Imprint derived from work in which it appears.
Map measurements and scale taken from Moir's description.
Moir, D.G., "Early maps of Scotland to 1850", 3rd. ed.
Shows Scotland with the Hebrides, the Orkney and the Shetland islands.
Held at National Library of Scotland
Roads
Tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies. Vol. 3.