Herman Moll (1654-1732), A New and exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America...

Herman Moll (1654-1732) A New and exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America... Printed and Sold Tho: Bowles, London ca. 1715, 3rd state Engraving with original hand-coloring Paper size 40 3/4 x 25 1/8" Frame size 46 1/2 x 31" Ref: McCorckle, B. B.,  New England in Early Printed Maps 1513 to 1800, p.78 One of the most important maps of the 18th century relating to America, this was the first large-scale map to show English developments in North America, and also the first to show the American postal routes. Minutely detailed and finely engraved, this map includes some of the most thorough and exact detail to grace any 18th century map. It includes insets of Thomas Nairne’s important and early map of South Carolina, the English, French and Indian settlements in the Carolinas, and Charleston Harbor. Moll’s celebrated depiction of beavers at work occupies an inset at right, a view of Niagara Falls (and several of its inhabitants).Herman Moll