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Title: Baetica sive Hispania Pars Australis ut in Caesare descripta de Bello Hispanico (1739)
Summary: This is a copper engraved historic map showing the Southern tip of Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar as well as the Northern tip of Morocco. The map is filled with a lot of geographic details concerning place names in Latin. The title is inside a simple cartouche. The source publication is: Geographia antique, Latinorum et Graecorum, tabulis XXXII novis & accuratis expressa, translated: Thirty-two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients, as contained in the Greek and Latin Classics. It was printed and sold in 1739 in London by Thomas Bowles. Herman Moll was a Dutchman bookseller, geographer and engraver. Around 1678 he moved to London where for a while he continued as an engraver. Later, he started his own businesses a map publisher and by the turn of the century had become the most prominent map publisher in the country. He published atlases and loose maps of all parts of the world many of which were highly decorative. In 1724 he published his 'New Description of England and Wales', an atlas of the English and Welsh Counties. He had many interesting friends including Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (for whom he provided maps for Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels), explorers William Damier and Woodes Rogers, and the scientist Robert Hooke. Cities, towns, and rivers shown on the map are Castulo (Destroyed in 1227), Baetis F. (Guadalquivir River), Castra Posthumy, Ategua (Fortified city at the time of Caesar), Ulla, Salsum F., Corduba (Córdoba), Sorita, Ucubis, Aspaula, Singulus F., Astigi (Écija), Crematur a Caesare, Urso, Malaca (Málaga), Italica (Roman City that Dwindled in the 3rd Century), Lenius F., Cilicensis F., Carmona, Obeulo, Hispalis (Sevilla), Carruca, Mare Internum (Mediterranean Sea), Munda, Asta, Carteia (Roman town that declined in the 9th Century), Fredum Gaditanum, Gades (Cádiz), Lusitania (Portugal and parts of Spain), and Hispania Ulterior (Southern Spain).

Title: Northwest Germany and the Netherlands (1711)
Summary: Engraved Map of Northwest Germany and the Netherlands. This was published in 1711. The map shows Principalities, Dutchies, Bishopricks, Counties, Abbeys, Archbishopricks, and Universities as well as rivers. Cities appearing on this map include: Belgium: Ostend, Antwerp, Huy, Lyege (Liège), Bastonge (Bastogne), la Roche (La Roche-en-Ardenne), and Limburg (Limbourg). Netherlands: Middelburg, Bergen op zoom (Bergen op Zoom), Breda, Bolduc (?), Briel (Brielle), Rotterdam, Goude (Gouda), Delft, The Hague, Utrecht, Leyden (Leiden), Haerlem (Haarlem), Amsterdam, Edam, Hoorn, Alckmar (Alkmaar), Naerden (Naarden), Enckhuysen (Enkhuizen), Medenblik (Medemblik), Amersfort (Amersfoort), Harderwyk (Harderwijk), Campen (Kampen), Zwoll (Zwolle), Staveren (Stavoren), Hindelopen (Hindeloopen), Bolswert (Bolsward), Harlingen, Franeker, Leeuwarden, Dockum (Dokkum), Groningen, Dam (Appingedam), Maestricht (Maastricht), Roermont (Roermond), Venlo, Gennep, Grave, Schenken (?), Nimmegen (Nijmegen), Doesburg, Zutphen, Deventer, Grol (Groenlo), Oldensael (Oldenzaal), Coevorden, and Bourtanger Fort (Fort Bourtange/Bourtange). Germany: Dalen (?), Erkelens (Erkelenz), Iuliers (Jülich), Aken (Aachen), Duren (Düren), Kempen, Meurs (Moers), Wachtendonk, Rhynberk (Rheinberg), Gelder (Geldern), Santen (Xanten), Goch, Francfort (Frankfurt), Mentz (Mainz), Nassow (Nassau), Westslar (Wetzlar), Solms, Gisen (Giessen), Marpurg (Marburg), Witgenstein (?), Gemund (Gemünden), Treves (Trier), Reifercheid (?), Coblentz (Koblenz), Brisich (Bad Breisig), Lintz (Linz am Rhein), Sinsich (Sinzig), Arensberg (Aremberg), Bonn, Neustat (?), Homberg (?), Siegberg (Siegburg), Blankenberg (Stadt Blankenberg), Sigen (Siegen), Bruyl (Brühl), Duytz (Deutz, part of Cologne), Cologne, Solinge (Solingen), Elvervelt (Elberfeld, part of Wuppertal), Lennep (Lennep, a borough of Remscheid), Wipporfu (Wipperfürth), Sons (Zons, part of Dormagen), Dusseldorp (Düsseldorf), Nuys (Neuss), Caster (Kaster), Lechnich (Lechenich), Eyskirchen (Euskirchen), Keysersw (Kaiserswerth, part of Düsseldorf), Ordingen (Uerdingen, part of Krefeld), Duysburg (Duisburg), Styrom (Styrum), Essen, Werden (Werden, borough of Essen), Steil (Steele), Hattingen, Iserlo (Iserlohn), Plettenborg (Plettenberg), Attedorn (Attendorn), Bilstein, Oldendor (?), Arnsberg, Beelik (Belecke), Meschede, Brilen (Brilon), Dortmund, Holt (Holten), Orsoy (Orsoy, district of Rheinberg), Burick (?), Wesel, Dorsten, Reclinghuse (Recklinghausen), Halteren (Haltern am See), Dulmen (Dülmen), Lumen (Lünen), Werne, Unna, Ham (Hamm), Werle (Werl), Stormberg (Stromberg, a quarter of Oelde), Soest, Lippe (Lippstadt), Gesecke (Geseke), Nienhuys (?), Paderborn, Buren (Büren), Ringelberg (Ringenberg), Rees, Calcar (Kalkar), Cleef (Kleve), Emmerick (Emmerich am Rhein), Craneborg (Kranenburg), Boecholt (Bocholt), Gemen (?), Vreeden (Vreden), Koesfelt (Coesfeld), Nyenhuys (Neuenhaus), Northorn (Nordhorn), Schuttorp (Schüttorf), Benthem (Bad Bentheim), Stenfort (Steinfurt), Nienborg, Emden, Remds, Aurick (Aurich), Norden, Esens, Iever (Jever), Kniphuysen (?), Fredeberg (Friedeburg), Nienburg (Neuenburg), Ovelgune (Ovelgönne), Langwarde (?), Leeroort (Leer), Stickhusen (?), Apen, Frisoit (Friesoythe), Kloppenborg (Cloppenburg), Rheide (Rhede), Asenhuys (?), Landegge, Meppen, Haselune (Haselünne), Quakenbrugge (Quakenbrück), Vechte (Vechta), Vorde (Neuenkirchen-Vörden), Osnabrug (Osnabrück), Melle, Tekelenburg (Tecklenburg), Lingen, Rhene (Rheine), Munster (Münster), Drenstevort (Drensteinfurt), Telligt (Telgte), Warendorp (Warendorf), Ravensberg (?), Bilefelt (Bielefeld), Rheda, Ritberg (Rietberg) Carlstat (?), Santstede (Sandstedt), Oldenburg, Wildhusen (Wildeshausen), Diepholt (Diepholz), Louvorden (?), Hamelen (?), Limburg (?), Ottersberg, Ratzemburg (?), Delmenhorst, Bremen, Ferden (Verden an der Aller), Rettem (Rethem), Walsrode, Soltau, Alden (Ahlden), Winsen (Winsen an der Aller), Zell (Celle), Burgdorf, Peine, Eschede, Isenhage (Isenhagen), Witting (Wittingen), Brome, Gyffhorn (Gifhorn), Meitersen (Meinersen), Konigsutt (Königslutter), Brunswick (Braunschweig), Wolfenbutel (Wolfenbüttel), Hornberg (Hornburg), Osterwick (Osterwieck), Goslar, Osteroda (Osterode am Harz), Neustat (Neustadt am Rübenberge), Wunsdorf (Wunstorf), Saxenhagen (Sachsenhagen), Hannover (Hanover), Stathagen (Stadthagen), Clopenbruge (Coppenbrügge), Hildesheim, Ganderheim (Bad Gandersheim), Calimburg (?), Grunow (Gronau), Spigelberg (?), Eimbecke (Einbeck), Hartzberg (Herzberg am Harz), Duderstat (Duderstadt), Grubenhage (?), Hardexen (Hardegsen), Northeim, Gottingen (Göttingen), Heyligenstat (Heilbad Heiligenstadt), Hoye (Hoya), Nyenburg (Nienburg), Rheburg (Rehburg-Loccum), Barenber (Barenburg), Stoltenow (Stolzenau), Peterhagen (Petershagen), Minden, Herwirden (?), Lemgow (Lemgo), Dietmelle (Detmold), Volthauve (?), Rintele (Rinteln), Lude (Lügde), Steinheim, Hamelen (Hamelin), Bodenwerder, Corvy (Imperial Abbey of Corvey), Hoxer (Höxter), Brakel, Dringelberg (?), Geysmar (Hofgeismar), Zirenberg (Zierenberg), Warburg, Landau, Stadperg (?), Corbach (Korbach), Munden (Hannoversch Münden), Witzenhause (Witzenhausen), Allendorf (Bad Sooden-Allendorf), Eswegen (Eschwege), Suntra (Sontra), Cassel (Kassel), Godesberg (Gudensberg), Spangeberg (Spangenberg), Rodeburg (Rotenburg an der Fulda), Hirschfeld (Bad Hersfeld), Hunfeld (Hünfeld), Fuld (Fulda), Homberg, Zigenheim (Schwalmstadt), Asfeld (Alsfeld), Fritzlar, Waldeck, Medenbach (Medebach), Battenberg, Reineck (Rieneck), Hamelburg (Hammelburg), Bamberg, Weringen (Wernigerode), Halberstat (Halberstadt), Magdeburg, Calforde (Calvörde), Domitz (Dömitz), Dannebar (Dannenberg), Dalenberg (Dahlenburg), Ratzeburg, Lawenburg (Lauenburg), Winsen, Bardewick (Bardowick), Lunenburg (Lüneburg), Ebsdorp (Ebstorf), Altenstad (?), Ultzen (Uelzen), Harborg (Harburg, a borough of Hamburg), Hamburg, Buxtehude, Stade, Althona (Altona, a borough of Hamburg), Pinnenberg (Pinneberg), Stormar (?), Bremerforde (Bremervörde), Nyenhuys (Neuhaus), Hadler (?), Rutzenbuttel (?), Geluckstad (Glückstadt), Wylster (Wilstermarsch), Itzehoe, Newminster (Neumünster), Bramstede (Bad Bramstedt), Meldorp (Meldorf), Ditmarch (?), Lunden, Tonningen (Tönning), Frederikstat (Friedrichstadt), Rendsburg, Kiell (Kiel), Cristianpris (Christianpris), Lutkeborg (Lütjenburg), Ploen (Plön), Eutyn (Eutin), Hilligehaven (Heiligenhafen), Borg (Burg auf Fehmarn), Oldenborg (Oldenburg in Holstein), Cismar, Newstadt (Neustadt in Holstein), Travemund (Travemünde, a borough of Lübeck), Lubeck (Lübeck), Oldesloh (Bad Oldesloe), Segeberg (Bad Segeberg), and Wismar. In the lower left of the map, it says in English: The North West Part of Germany containing ye Dominions of ye Arch. (Archbishoprick) and El. (Electorate) of Cologne, Westphalia (vita the D (Dutchy)s of Iuliers, Cleves, & ye B (Bishoprick)s of Munster, Osnabruge & ye C (County) of Emden& ye D (Dutchy)s of Holstein and Bremen, the D (Dutchy) and Elec (Electorate) of Hannover with all ye Ter (Territory) of ye House of Lunenburg & Brunswick & and ye Ter (Territory) of ye Landgr (Landgrants) of Hesse Cassel. By H. Moll Geographer. Herman Moll, the cartographer, was a Dutchman bookseller, geographer and engraver. Around 1678 he moved to London where for a while he continued as an engraver. Later, he started his own businesses a map publisher and by the turn of the century had become the most prominent map publisher in the country. He published atlases and loose maps of all parts of the world many of which were highly decorative. In 1724 he published his 'New Description of England and Wales', an atlas of the English and Welsh Counties. He had many interesting friends including Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (for whom he provided maps for Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels), explorers William Damier and Woodes Rogers, and the scientist Robert Hooke.

Title: Imperium Persicum tempore Cyri Magni (1739): Control at the time of Cyrus the Great, the Persian Gulf
Summary: Detailed copper engraved historic map showing the extension of the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great. The map depicts modern-day Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Armenia, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, and Northwestern India. The map is filled with a lot of geographical details concerning place names in Latin, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, and Islands. The title is inside a simple cartouche. Citeis, Regions, Rivers, and Islands shown are: Europa (Europe), Tanais F. (Don River, Russia), Palus Maeotis (Sea of Azov or Maeotian Marshes/Maeotian Lake, Ukraine/Russia), Scythia, Ister F. (Danube River, Europe), Rha F. (Volga River, Russia), Illiricum (Roman Province of Modern-Day Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia), Thracia (Roman Province of Modern-Day Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey), Macedonia, Graecia (Greece), Epirus (Modern-Day parts of Albania and Greece), Asia Minor (Turkey), Phrygia (Turkey) Aegeum Mare (Aegean Sea), Caystrus F., Cuma (Cyme), Larissa (Ancient city destroyed in 279 BC), Sardes (Sart), Paetolus F., Caria, Lycia (Modern-Day parts of Antalya and Muğla), Pamphylia (Modern-Day Antalya), Cilicia, Piteria (Pteria ancient capital of the Assyrians destroyed in 547 BC), Paphalagonia, Cappadocia (Nevşehir), Halis F. (Kızılırmak River), Caucasus M. (Caucasus Mountains), Colchis, Phasis F. (Rioni River), Albania (Part of Modern-Day Azerbaijan and Dagestan), Armenia, Creta (Crete), Mare Mediterraneum (Mediterranean Sea), Libya, Barce (Marj), Cyrene (Ancient City destroyed by an Earthquake in 365 AD), Aegyptus (Egypt), Nilus F. (Nile River), Africa, Cyprus, Syria, Phoenice, Sinus Arabicus (Red Sea), Taurus M. (Taurus Mountains), Tigris F. (Tigris River), Euphrates F. (Euphrates River), Assyria (Northern Iraq, Northeast Syria, and Southeastern Turkey), Ninus (Nineveh), Mesopotamia (Iraq, Kuwait, Northeastern Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and Southwestern Iran), Babylon (Hillah), Babylonia (Iraq), Chaldaea, Arabia, Araxes F. (Aras River), Cadusci, Media (Northwestern Iran), Ecbatana (Hamedan), Susa (Shush), Susiana (Elam in West and Southwest Iran), Sinus Persicus (Persian Gulf), Persia (Iran), Persepolis, Cissii, Hyrcania (Parts of Modern-Day Northern Iran and Turkmenistan), Parthia (Northeastern Iran), Asia, Mardi, Carmania Deserta, Carmania (Kerman Province, Iran), Mare Erythraeum (Erythraean Sea), Gedrosia (Balochistan), Indus F. (Indus River), India, Arachosia (Modern-Day Southern Afghanistan and Pakistan), Aria (Northwest Afghanistan), Drangiana (Modern-Day Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan), Parapamisus, Bactriana (Northern Afghanistan), Mare Caspium (Caspian Sea), Caspii, Iaxartes F. (Syr Darya River), Sacae, Sogdiana (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), Margiana (Afghanistan and Turkmenistan), and Oxus F. (Amu Darya River) The source publication is: Geographia antique, Latinorum et Graecorum, tabulis XXXII novis & accuratis expressa, translated: Thirty-two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients, as contained in the Greek and Latin Classics. It was printed and sold in 1739 in London by Thomas Bowles. Herman Moll was a Dutchman bookseller, geographer and engraver. Around 1678 he moved to London where for a while he continued as an engraver. Later, he started his own businesses a map publisher and by the turn of the century had become the most prominent map publisher in the country. He published atlases and loose maps of all parts of the world many of which were highly decorative. In 1724 he published his 'New Description of England and Wales', an atlas of the English and Welsh Counties. He had many interesting friends including Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (for whom he provided maps for Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels), explorers William Damier and Woodes Rogers, and the scientist Robert Hooke.

Title: Soil map of Missouri

Title: Acquisitiones Pyrrhi Epirotarum Regis sicut in Plutarcho (1739): Acquisition of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, as in Plutarch (1739)
Summary: Copper engraved historic map showing the Kingdom of Pyrrhus of Epirus, based on the sources of Plutarch. The map depicts the Southern tip of Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Greece, Crete, the Northern tip of the African Continent, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, and Turkey. The map is filled with a lot of geographic details concerning place names in Latin, Rivers, Mountains, and Islands. The title is inside a simple cartouche. Cities, Rivers, Towns, and Seas shown: Italia (Italy), Illyricum (Present day Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania), Roma (Rome), Samnites (People of South-Central Italy), Ferentium (Absorbed by Modern-day Viterbo), Asculum (Ascoli Satriano), Beneventum (Benevento), Apulia, Messapia (Salento), Hydruntum (Otranto), Heraclea Lucania (Roman town abandoned before the 19th Century), Magna Graecia, Mare Mediterraneum (Mediterranean Sea), Castella Mamerti Norum, Messana (Messina), Eryae, Agrigentum (Agrigento), Sicilia (Sicily), Leontium, Syracuse, Carthago (Carthage), Africa, Libicum Mare, Siculum Mare, Tarentum (Taranto), Graecia (Greece), Nimphea, Pieria Megares, Macedonia, Epirus (Modern-day Greece and Albania), Edessa, Paeonia (Paionia), Chaonia (Modern day Western Greece), Passaron, Berea (Veria), Coreyra Island, Tresprotia, Berenicea, Ambracia (Arta), Dodona (Greek city that dwindled sometime after 431 AD), Aegea, Thessalia (Thessaly), Peneus F., Pineios River), Amphilechia, Amphilechia, Aetolia, Phocis, Attica, Athenae (Athens), Nysea, Corinthus (Corinth), Peloponnesus (Peloponnese), Argos, Megalopolis (Megalopoli), Neapolis, Cilarbis, Tegea (Alea), Lernae, Sparta, Thracia, Troja (Troy), Asia, Creta I. (Crete Island), Aptera, and Gortyna (Gortyn). The source publication is: Geographia antique, Latinorum et Graecorum, tabulis XXXII novis & accuratis expressa, translated: Thirty-two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients, as contained in the Greek and Latin Classics. It was printed and sold in 1739 in London by Thomas Bowles. Herman Moll was a Dutchman bookseller, geographer and engraver. Around 1678 he moved to London where for a while he continued as an engraver. Later, he started his own businesses a map publisher and by the turn of the century had become the most prominent map publisher in the country. He published atlases and loose maps of all parts of the world many of which were highly decorative. In 1724 he published his 'New Description of England and Wales', an atlas of the English and Welsh Counties. He had many interesting friends including Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (for whom he provided maps for Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels), explorers William Damier and Woodes Rogers, and the scientist Robert Hooke.

Title: To His Most Serene and August Majesty Peter Alexovitz Absolute Lord of Russia &c. This map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary, and ye Black Sea &c. is most humbly dedicated, Map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary and ye Black Sea
Date: 1730