Virginia and Maryland by H Moll Geographer. 1729 - From Atlas Minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps

Detailed atlas map in very good condition created by the British cartographer Herman Moll which depicts the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay and surrounding colonies of Virginia, Maryland, and parts of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Plate mark measures 18.5 cm x 26.5 cm. Original b/w engraved map has been hand coloured. Neat tape repair to rear, all folds lines sound. The legend in the top left distinguishes between symbols used to mark English Plantations and Indian Planting Houses reflecting the colonial landscape of the era. One of the best and most detailed maps of its size issued in the first half of the 18th century.

Herman Moll moved to England from either Holland or Germany in 1678. His early maps were influenced by John Speed and Emanuel Bowen. He later produced detailed maps of North America which were designed to assist in the growth of British influence on the continent. The maps were used by both France and Britain but the cartography and labelling was British in intent.