[MOLL, Herman]. Geographia classica: The geography of the ancients so far describ'd as it is contain'd in the Greek and Latin classicks, in twenty-nine maps of the Old World..., London, Printed for C. Browne, MDCCXVII [=1717].
Herman Moll (1654-1732) was a British engraver, cartographer and editor, possibly of German or Flemish descent. Moll settled in London in 1678, and kept a bookshop in that city. He became known for his detailed maps of Europe and America, as well as for the illustrations of “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe and “Gulliver's Travels” by Jonathan Swift.
Moll worked first as an engraver for other cartographers, but started publishing his own maps in 1690. From 1695 to 1736 Moll published a series of multi-volume Atlases. Nearly all his maps were coloured and illustrated, and were copied by several contemporary and later cartographers. In 1710 he started making highly original small globes, considered extremely rare today. All of his maps were repeatedly republished, as well as used in territorial disputes; due to their unique aesthetics they are among the most sought-after in the history of cartography.
The present edition includes twenty-nine maps. The names of the locations were sourced from Greek and Roman authors, such as Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Lucian, Sallust, Livy, Plutarch, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Xenophon, Herodotus and others. There is also a map showing locations mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. As stated on the title page, the edition was destined for school use.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
Subjects (30)
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Map showing the known world from antiquity to the 15th century.
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The navigation of Ulysses from Troy to Ithaca, according to Homer.
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The voyage of Aeneas from Troy to Rome as described by Virgil.
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Map of Gaul, based on the description by Julius Caesar in his "Commentarii de Bello Gallico".
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Map of Greece according to the description by Cornelius Nepos and other historians.
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Map of Greece and of the Empire of Croesus, according to Herodotus.
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Map of the conquests of Pyrrhus I, according to Plutarch's description.
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Map of Syria and Assyria according to Claudius Ptolemy and other authors.
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Map showing the retreat of the Ten Thousand according to Xenophon.
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Map of the Eastern Mediterrranean showing the places mentioned in the Old and New Testament.
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Map of the places mentioned in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History.