<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>Moll, Herman, -1732</dc:creator><dc:description>Map of the Middle East and Asia including the East Indies. It features characteristic misconceptions of early 18th century cartography such as New Guinea as a peninsula of the southern continent and Iapon or Niphon [i.e. Japan] having a huge northern island called Land of Iesso [presumably the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin]. Relief is shown pictorially.; Cartouche title.; Title cartouche also contains a dedication to Lord Cowper, High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1714-1718.; Imprint on map: Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar; Ino. [i.e. Tho.] Bowles, Print and Mapseller at the Black Horse in Cornhill; and Tho. Bowles, Print and Mapseller next to the Chapter House in St. Paul's Church yard; by Philip Overton, Map and Printseller near St. Dunstans Church, Fleetstreet; and by John King at ye. Globe in ye. Poultry.; Block of text at far right lower side of map indicating that two Jesuit explorers, Paul Clain and Le Gibien, had reported 87 islands found east or south-east of the Philippines but this was not yet confirmed by other explorers.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Map 3 from: [Untitled atlas] / Herman Moll. London : [H. Moll, T. Bowles, P. Overton?, approximately 1715].</dc:description><dc:description>55.6 x 94 centimeters</dc:description><dc:format>JPEG</dc:format><dc:identifier>UMN_ALMA:9974132885801701</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>H. Moll,  T. Bowles,  &amp; P. Overton? (London)</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>To the right honourable William, Lord Cowper, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, this map of Asia : according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated</dc:title><dc:type>Maps</dc:type><dc:coverage>Asia</dc:coverage><dc:date>1715</dc:date><dc:contributor>University of Minnesota</dc:contributor></oai_dc:dc>