Herman Moll "map of the Dominions" C. 1731–1735
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This aggregated auction listing is being sold by HiBid in Plainview, New York. The current bid is $600 and 21 bids have been placed. BidProwl's deal score puts it at 3/100, which scores below the median for general surplus.
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HERMAN MOLL (GERMAN/BRITISH, C. 1654–1732)
HAND-COLOURED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVED MAP ON PAPER, DEDICATED 1715, LATER EDITION BY BOWLES & KING [C. 1731–1735]
AN EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT, SCARCE EARLY 18TH-CENTURY HISTORIC MAP POPULARLY REVERED AS THE "BEAVER MAP," ENTITLED "A NEW AND EXACT MAP OF THE DOMINIONS OF THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN ON YE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA". THE LARGE-SCALE COMPOSITION DELINEATES THE CORRIDORS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, NEW SCOTLAND, NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENSILVANIA, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND CAROLINA WITH OUTLINE COLOURED TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES. FEATURES A CELEBRATED, ELABORATE RECTILINEAR PICTORIAL VIGNETTE IN THE LOWER RIGHT MATRIX DEPICTING AN EYEWITNESS-STYLE VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS WITH A COLONY OF BEAVERS INDUSTRIOUSLY BUILDING A DAM, COMPLEMENTED BY AN IN...
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Source: HiBid
Category: Other
Location: Plainview, NY 11803
Seller: HiBid
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Plainview, NY 11803