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English: Herman Moll world map marked with the route of William Ambrosia Cowley's 1683–1686 circumnavigation of the world, included with the 1699 edition of his travels. Omits the initial passage from England to Virginia and the final passage from the Netherlands back to England. Includes an inset map of the North Pole, as known to the English in 1699.

Title: A New Map of the World According to Marcators projection, Shewing the Course of Capt, Cowleys Voyage Round it.
Date 1699, showing the course of Cowley's voyages 1683–1686
Source University of Kansas Kenneth Spenser Research Library copy (B82) of William Hacke's A Collection of Original Voyages..., 1st ed.
Author Hermann Moll

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