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MAPS - WORLD] MOLL, HERMAN. A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations . London: J. Bowles, T. Bowles, P. Overton, and John King n.d. [circa 1720]. Large hand-colored engraved map on two joined sheets showing the world in two hemispheres and with insets of the North Pole, the Ptolemean Systeme, the Copernican Systeme, the sun and the moon. 23 x 38 1/2 inches (58.5 x 98 cm); nicely framed by Arader Galleries. A few discreet repairs to folds, apparently not laid down but not examined out of frame. Moll's attractive large world map based on new scientific discoveries. The map shows California as an island and provides sketches of Australia and New Zealand. In the text, the Dutch map makers are criticized for their inaccuracies, and the virtues of this map are praised. C