It is believed that Herman Moll arrived in England from Holland by 1678 and rose to become one of the most successful cartographers of his era. His engraving style is unique and attractive. Subsequently he made the move into publishing. This double hemispheric world map was first published in Herman Moll’s very rare ‘Twenty-four New and Accurate Maps of the Several Parts of Europe’ 1707. This is a later and more usually found example from the ‘Atlas Minor’, c.1730. It displays California as an Island and a fledgling continent of Australia. A small inset top centre covers the North Pole. Shirley BL T.Moll 2a no. 1 & 9a.