A New Map of the Island of Minorca, Port Mahone &c.
Taken by General Stanhope the 18 of September 1708, and by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 was together with Gibraltar yielded for ever to the Crown of Great Britain. Sold by H. Moll;
A New and Exact Map of the City and Bay of Gibraltar in Spain taken by S.R G. Rooke Vice-Admiral of England The 24 of Iuly 1704. By H.M.
London,
Herman Moll,
1727.
Two engraved maps on one sheet with hand colouring.
212 by 328mm. (8.25 by 13 inches).
11362
notes:
Very scarce composite plate with separate maps of Minorca (157 x 173 mm)
and Gibraltar (110 x 106 mm), the principal acquisitions of the British in the Mediterranean from the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
It is assumed that the plate was first engraved in 1713 or 1714; the only example of this first state encountered came from the Macclesfield's collection. The joint imprint of Moll and John King sr. places this printing in the mid-1720s, no doubt during the sie...
and Gibraltar (110 x 106 mm), the principal acquisitions of the British in the Mediterranean from the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
It is assumed that the plate was first engraved in 1713 or 1714; the only example of this first state encountered came from the Macclesfield's collection. The joint imprint of Moll and John King sr. places this printing in the mid-1720s, no doubt during the sie...
bibliography:
provenance:
Stanford’s map of North West India
The Arabian Sea
The Chinese-Russian frontiers
Delineating individual sultanates
Rare complete set of “the most valuable 18th-century source on Jesuit activities in frontier regions throughout the world” (Hill, ‘Collection Of Pacific Voyages’)
A Sailing Guide to the Colonies of South East Asia
Bellin’s Maldives
“the great prose epic of the Elizabethan period” – the first English map on Mercator’s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name “Virginia” 


