File:The SCOTS settlement in AMERICA calle'd NEW CALEDONIA - Herman Moll, 1732-1736 - BL Maps K.Top.124.24.1 (BLL01018640938).jpg

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English: The SCOTS settlement in AMERICA calle'd NEW CALEDONIA. : A.D. 1699. Lat. 8-30' North. According to an Origenal Draught / By H. Moll Geographer.
Description
English: A map of the Scottish settlement in Caledonia Bay (New Caledonia with New Edinburgh and Fort of St. Andrews), in use 1698-1700. The colony was abandoned in 1700 by remaining survivors of malaria (Encyclopædia Britannica).

Published in H. Moll's "Atlas minor", 1732 or 1736.

Includes a description of the Bay of Caledonia. Includes a plate number "(60)" in the top right corner. Includes the bay, the settlement and the fort. Relief shown pictorially.
Date [1732-1736]
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Part of King George III's Topographical Collection. Donated to the nation by George IV.
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Cartographer:
Herman Moll  (1654–1732)  wikidata:Q1610319
 
Herman Moll
Alternative names
Moll, Hermann
Description British cartographer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1654
date QS:P,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
22 September 1732 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Unknown placeUnknown place London
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creator QS:P170,Q1610319
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 Geotemporal data
Map location Darien scheme 
wikidata:Q1166080
/ Isthmus of Panama 
wikidata:Q182139
Scale 1:90,000
OpenStreetMap zoom level 13
Bounding box
N: 8.859722°N
W: 77.679167°W E: 77.601389°W
S: 8.810833°N
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Language English
Place of publication [London] : [Thomas and John Bowles]
Publisher
John Bowles  (1702–1779)  wikidata:Q52146375
 
Description cartographer and print publisher
Date of birth/death 22 April 1702 Edit this at Wikidata 1779 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q52146375
Creator:Thomas Bowles (printseller)
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
British Library Maps K.Top.124.24.1
Dimensions height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,25U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728
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