File:To Her most Sacred Majesty Carolina Queen of Great Britain, France & Ireland, this map of Europe, according to the newest and most exact observations, is most humbly dedicated (8341623789).jpg

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English: A bad low quality image (DO NOT USE FOR ANY PAGE until improved) of a map of Europe c. 1708 with the cartouche changed to show and praise Queen Caroline of Ansbach (elevated 1727) and employ her coat of arms's motto, but the print information and map date left unchanged on the bottom left and the inset map of the construction of the Don–Volga Canal unchanged to indicate its completion.


Inset Map:
The Don–Volga Canal, connecting the Black and Caspian Seas

Cartouche:

To Her most Sacred MAJESTY
CAROLINA
QUEEN of GREAT BRITAIN,
FRANCE & IRELAND,
This MAP of
EUROPE
According to the Newest and most Exact Observations
is most Humbly Dedicated by your Majesties most Obedient
Servant Herman Moll Geographer.


Dimensions: 57 x 96 cm.

Scale: c. 1:6,300,000.
Date 1720s or 1730s emended reprint of a c. 1708 original
Source Flickr account for the Boston Public Library, call number G1015 .M65 1709.
Author Herman Moll
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