EAST INDIES AND INDIA

NON-EXPORTABLE

Map maker: Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Date: 1732
Short Title: East Indies and India
Publisher: John and Tho. Bowles
Publisher Location: Cornhill
Map size-Height: 63.5 cm
Map size-Width: 104.5 cm

Full Title:A Map of the East-Indies and the Adjacent Countries; with the Settlements, Factories and Territories, explaining what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal, etc. with many Remarks not extant on any other Map. By H.Moll Geog. To ye Directorsof ye Hon.ble East-India Company, This Map is most Humbly Dedicated by your obedient servant Herman Moll Geographe.

Striking large format map of India and Southeast Asia, including China, Taiwan and part of Japan.

Moll's map of the region is one of the most detailed large format English maps of the region from the early part of the 18th and certainly one of the most decorative. The map depicts the East Indies from the Persian border to New Guinea and the southern part of Japan, including India, Ceylon, southeast Asia, most of China, present Indonesia, the Philippines, etc. With insets at leaf including a plan/view of Bantam (the most important Javanese port for the spice trade with Europe until its harbor silted up in the late 18th century); view of Goa; view of Surat; plan of Madras; and a plan of Batavia (Jakarta). The map illustrates the extent of European influence and trade in the region, at the height of European colonial control of this important trade region.

Richly annotated throughout. This edition bears the names of Moll and John King as map sellers.

Moll was born in Germany and came to London around 1680. He published a large group of geographic books, atlases, and maps. Atthe bottom of the paste down listing of the atlas contents, Moll states "These maps are the most correct, entertaining, and historical of any yet made..." Outline color. Relief in sketches.