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

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  Map of the area around Carthage, as described in “De Bello Africo”, an anonymous work frequently attributed to Julius Caesar. Map of Egypt, based on the description contained in "De Bello Alexandrino", an anonymous work frequently attributed to Julius Caesar.

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  Map of the Eastern Mediterrranean showing the places mentioned in the Old and New Testament.

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  Egypt as described in the second book of Herodotus.

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  Title page.

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  Map showing the known world from antiquity to the 15th century.

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  Greece and Asia Minor in the era of the Trojan War, according to the anonymous works traditionally attibuted to Dictys Cretensis (“Dictys Cretensis Ephemeridos belli Trojani”) and Dares Phrygius (“De excidio Trojae historia”).

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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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  The voyage of Aeneas from Troy to Rome as described by Dionisius Halicarnasseus in “Roman Archaeology”.

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  A map of the world as described by Roman historian Justin.

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  The beginnings of the Roman Empire, according to the description of Roman historian Lucius Annaeus Florus.

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  Map showing the expansion of the Roman state into the Italian peninsula, according to the descriptionvof Roman historian Lucius Annaeus Florus.

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  Map showing Hannibal's campaign in the Second Punic War, according to the descriptions by Roman historians Livy and Cornelius Nepos.

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  Map of the Roman empire in the era of Julius Cesar, based on the descriptions by Julius Caesar himslef and by Silius Italicus.

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  Map of Gaul, based on the description by Julius Caesar in his "Commentarii de Bello Gallico".

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  The province of Hispania Baetica in southwestern Spain, which was one of the three provinces of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula. Map based on the description found in “De Bello Hispaniensi”, the anonymous work frequently attibuted to Julius Caesar.

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  Map of Europe based on the description by Roman historian Lucan in his “Pharsalia” or “De Bello Civili”.

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  Map of Greece according to the description by Cornelius Nepos and other historians.

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  Map of the late Roman Empire.

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  Map of Greece and of the Empire of Croesus, according to Herodotus.

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  Map of Libya according to Herodotus.

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  Map showing the campaign of Alexander the Great, according to Quintus Curtius, Arrian and other historians.

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  Map of the campaign of Agesilaus II of Sparta against the Persians, based on the description of Xenophon.

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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 showing the conquests of Demetrius I Poliorcetes.

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  Map of the places mentioned in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History.

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  Map of the Empire of Cyrus the Great.

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  Map of the Persian Empire in the era of Darius I.